wren
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Public ・ 02.01
2025.01.31 (Fri)
At first it was boring to read this because i dislike the MC, who is a typical egocentric and patriarchal man. Reading more and more made me realize that i actually enjoy seeing him suffer from the consequences of his own piling mistakes. Then reading further i found myself being relate to him in some ways, that dealing with breakups is actually going to make you asking those questions, desperate and depressed. When i get to the point where the story make me cry, I was relieved that the mc and his ex were surrounded by supportive friends and family. I also love how the author put the ex girlfriend POV in the end and how it was written short, but dense and gave you the sense of a complete story. I'm glad that both the leading characters has found their way to move on and i think this book would be great for people who is dealing with the same thing.
Because the person who is in charge in a relationship is the one who loves the least.
“Getting dumped is never really about getting dumped.” “It’s about every rejection you’ve ever experienced in your entire life. It’s about the kids at school who called you names. And the parent who never came back. And the girls who wouldn’t dance with you at the disco. And the school girlfriend who wanted to be single when she went to uni. And any criticism at work. When someone says they don’t want to be with you, you feel the pain of every single one of those times in life where you felt like you weren’t good enough. You live through all of it again.” "You have to be prepared to let go and let go and let go a thousand times.”
“Life is a bit more difficult for women. More difficult than it is for us, I mean. And you don’t need to ask them to explain why or understand it all. You just need to be nice to them.”
It isn’t anybody’s job to stay in a relationship they don’t want to be in just so someone else doesn’t feel bad about themselves.
I said, “I’m worried about being alone and missing him,” and she told me that it wasn’t a good idea to stay with someone for reasons of fear.