It’s Not About Finding Someone Who Makes Love ‘Easy,’ It’s About Finding Someone Challenging And Real

It’s not about finding someone who makes love easy, who falls into rhythm with you, whose hands feel perfect in yours, who comes into your life and suddenly everything makes sense. It’s not about finding someone who always loves you just right, who never says or does anything wrong, who cares for you unconditionally, without a single doubt. It’s not about finding someone who never makes you question, or get frustrated, or wonder. Because that’s not love, that’s a fairytale.

The reality of love is messy, is complicated, is raw. There are moments when you don’t fit quite right, when you don’t see eye-to-eye, when you doubt or have trouble trusting or want nothing to do with each other and retreat to opposite corners of the room. The reality of love is that you will fall for an imperfect person, one who will let you down and maybe hurt your heart at times. The reality of love is that no one will love you fully and without fault, but they will try. You will both try