-Neil Gaiman
I've only been in love twice in my life, like the real honest-to-God love. The kind where you're willing to change every plan you had for the future so that you can spend forever with that one person. The kind of love where you know each other's major flaws and you don't care. The kind where nothing else really matters, so long as you're together. And it's one of those things that's both horrible and wonderful.
I think sometimes the concept of love is overrated. It's blown out of proportion, made into the monstrous ideal that no one can possibly achieve. All those love songs, all those romance movies, they contribute to love being something so complicated and intense. I don't believe that's what love is, not the kind that really matters anyway.
You want to know what being in love means?
It means there's someone who's willing to put up with all your bad behavior, all your shit, all your annoying qualities, and love you in spite of them.
It means someone is on your team and will defend you & stick up for you, even when they know you're wrong.
It means being willing to rewrite every plan you ever had because you know you could never be happy without that one person in your life.
It means having someone's laugh to wake up to.
It means stealing kisses in the dark.
It means stealing kisses in the dark.
But more than anything, it means you have someone you can come home to, that you can get through even the shittiest day because you know they're going to be there.
That's it. It's nothing fancy. So stop making it that way.
Happy Goddamn Valentine's Day.
Love you.
Mean it.
Your post made me think of my one of my favorite quotes from Juno.
ReplyDelete"Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person is still going to think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with"