Post by @bradjcho

my girlfriend was grievingnand I didn't know about itnshe told me she'd beennlonely for a whilennot the kind of lonelynwhere you're bynyourself in a roomnbut the kind wherenfull of peoplenbut still invisiblenshe didn't havena lot of close friendsnand she wasn'tnthat people thoughtnbut then she told menabout a personnwho becamenimportant to hernI started getting nervousnwas talking aboutnapparently they startednhanging outntalking for hoursnand trying all thesennew thingsnhe was there for hernwhen she felt lonelynand had nobodynelse to turn tonsense of humornand understoodnthe little thingsnthat most peoplenbeing around himnjust felt easynand after a whilenshe stopped feeling likenshe had to earn a placenin his lifenhe becamenher best friendnthe one she'dntell things tonthat she wouldn'tnsay out loudnanywhere elsensomething had shiftednhe seemed distractednless presentnlike he wasnphysically therenbut somewhere elsenshe started wonderingnif she was becomingninconvenientnannoyingnand replaceablenshe started to shrinknaround the one personnshe finally feltnsafe enoughnto be big aroundnand she started cryingninto my shouldernlike a trucknshe was talkingnabout menI was the personnpush ups at nightnjust to stay awakenand keep her companynwhen she couldn't sleepnshe wasn't grievingnanother personnshe was grievingnthat stoppednshowing upnthe version of menthat paid attentionnthat made hernfeel chosennI wish I could saynand that I'mnnever gonna benbut I can'tnpromise thatnwhat's importantnrecenters menon what mattersnand refocuses mento be a better mannI didn't knownwhat I've brokennso I started withnwhat I could controlnthat's why I'mnfor a $6,500 dollar ringn75 days inn$5,684.35 / $6,500n$5,684.35 / $6,500nthe proposal