I don't mean to sound even dumber than usual, but do you ever have days you wish you could just break up with yourself?
"I'm sorry. It's just not working out. I care about you, I want you to be happy, but I think maybe I don't have what it takes to make you happy."
"It's not you; it's me. I'm just not emotionally ready for this level of commitment."
"I know you have feelings for me, and I have feelings for you too, but they're not the right kind of feelings."
"I want you to know, whatever happens, I hope we can still be friends." (Said right before changing the locks and the phone number.)
"One day we'll look back on this moment, realize it was the right decision, and have a good laugh over how close we nearly came to wrecking each other's lives."
Feel free to suggest your own. Oh, and first person to go all concerned and sympathetic on me, I ban from the blog. I'm just not ready for that level of commitment right now, okay? I need my space.
Posted by Ilyka at July 2, 2005 07:28 AM in navel gazing | TrackBackI never thought of it in those terms, but damn... that's exactly how I feel these days. Is there a way we can get a restraining order to make it a cleaner break?
Posted by: esther at July 2, 2005 04:24 PMOne part of me has grown up and moved on, and the other hasn't. It's like we don't even know each other any more.
Posted by: Hubris at July 2, 2005 09:47 PMIt's like we don't even know each other any more.
Ooh, nice. In that vein:
I need someone I can really connect with, someone who's willing to open up to me, but you're so distant anymore that I just don't think we can ever achieve intimacy together.
Posted by: ilyka at July 2, 2005 10:05 PMWe'll always have Paris.
Posted by: Rob at July 3, 2005 12:06 AMYou can say it, but ideally you need your best friend to tell you:
"I'm sorry, she's just not that into you."
Posted by: Margi at July 3, 2005 12:57 AM