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because sadly, seeking male validation is something all women and femmes have suffered from at one point or another in their lives, myself included. Having that realization really triggered a flashback to some of my memories. How many times
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“I want to kiss you all the time, Daphne," he says. "Sometimes it's just easier to find an excuse.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“In the end, it was relatively easy to let go of Peter, to accept his actions as proof of the truth: that our relationship, our life together, his feelings for me were never quite what I thought they were.
And I stopped longing for him when I accepted this, because how could I miss someone who didn’t exist?
So why can’t I seem to do the same thing with my father? Why can’t I stop missing the dad I never had? Why is he this constant dull ache in my heart?
I knew he wouldn’t change. But a part of me kept hoping I had changed enough that he couldn’t hurt me, or that this new iteration of me would be the one worth sticking around for.
That I’d fixed whatever’s so broken in me that I can’t be loved.”
― Funny Story
And I stopped longing for him when I accepted this, because how could I miss someone who didn’t exist?
So why can’t I seem to do the same thing with my father? Why can’t I stop missing the dad I never had? Why is he this constant dull ache in my heart?
I knew he wouldn’t change. But a part of me kept hoping I had changed enough that he couldn’t hurt me, or that this new iteration of me would be the one worth sticking around for.
That I’d fixed whatever’s so broken in me that I can’t be loved.”
― Funny Story
“We should RSVP," I say. "They're not the bigger people. Fuck that!"
"Fuck that!" he agrees.
"Fuck that!" I half shout.
Mr. Dorner pounds on the wall. Miles presses a pointer finger to my lips. "Fuck that," he whispers.
"Fuck that," I whisper back.”
― Funny Story
"Fuck that!" he agrees.
"Fuck that!" I half shout.
Mr. Dorner pounds on the wall. Miles presses a pointer finger to my lips. "Fuck that," he whispers.
"Fuck that," I whisper back.”
― Funny Story
“No, I’ve heard of it,” he corrects me. “As a kid, I never read for fun. I’m dyslexic, and it took too long.” “What about audiobooks?” I say. “Does that count?” he asks. “Of course it counts,” I say. His eyes narrow. “Are you sure?” “I’m a librarian,” I say. “If anyone gets to decide whether it counts or not, it’s me.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“And I’m not sure why I wasted all that time and energy, because when I think about family—that thing I’d always longed for—it’s never been a Norman Rockwell painting that I picture. It’s me and Mom, on the couch, eating microwaved corn dogs while Dial M for Murder plays on TV. It’s running out from the library at night to her car, a greasy box of Little Caesars pizza in the passenger seat, her joking, I thought we’d do Italian. It’s being pulled away from watching the frost melt on the living room window to make stovetop hot cocoa from a packet, and that last tight hug at the end of the airport security line, and packing up cardboard boxes, knowing I’ll always have what I need, no matter how much I leave behind.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
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