You let all these other people break your heart. Why not let yourself break it too?
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There are many, many things I am afraid of. But romance and heartbreak? Sign me right up, apparently. Disappointment feels inevitable, worthwhile, and even virtuous. The risk always seems worth it. I know the cost. I know the consequences, the oscillations between girl who is going to be okay, girl who sends a text and throws her phone on the bed, girl who receives a text and now her world is ending, and the ground collapsing beneath me as I walk straight into a leaf-covered pitfall trap, except the leaves are neon and blinking and I in fact catapulted myself into the hole with a running…
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