16/08/2023
To the ex I donāt hate,
As I sit down to write this letter, my first thoughts are I hope youāre doing well. I hope youāre happy in your life. I mean it. I do.
Itās been 8 months since the break-up, eh? Itās been a ride of a lifetime. If I look back in time, I can remember all the things we did together and to each other.
I could start our story from the day when we first met in,Iloilo airport . We were. happy and foolishly in love. We believed that you and I are going to be each otherās happy ending, that we will be together forever.
You know, people make plans. They see life ā a house, two kids, a lovely wife, and a happily-ever-after. And then, before you can get that life with your first love, life happens.
Itās been 8months since we broke up. I remember the first months where I resented you. a months I spent being miserable ā drowning in alcohol and everything harmful. No one knows of it, but now the world will.
The past months have been better. I have grown up. I donāt see love as a fundamental feeling, but as an emotion that puts you in a happier state. It took me time, but I got there.
Iām sure the heartbreak was just terrible for you, too. I empathise with you. I understand all my shortcomings in that relationship, and I hope you saw yours, too.
Iām romantically interested in a woman now. Like genuinely interested.
On some days Iām very happy. On some I feel okay. You know, you were a wonderful friend. You taught me how to love before you broke my heart. I may have despised you in the past, but after a months , Iāve learnt to be happy for you, too. I now know just like love, heartbreaks donāt last.
Take care.
With love,
The boy you once loved
