6. I won’t argue with you over text.
Sure, it was okay in 9th grade. Now, it’s immature. If you have an issue, I want you to be comfortable enough with me to sit down like an adult.
5. The idea of you shouldn’t make me nervous.
There’s a difference between butterflies in your stomach, and the idea of you constantly making me want to be sick. I want to be able to be myself around you, and I can’t do that if I’m always nervous about your perception of me. Healthy relationships don’t work that way.
4. But I also shouldn’t be bored.
I deserve excitement, and I deserve someone that brings out the excited parts of me. I don’t want to feel like I’m settling for mediocre with you. I want to feel something.
3. I shouldn’t always feel guilty.
I shouldn’t feel bad for spending a night with my friends or taking a night to myself. It’s not fair if I feel as though I’m constantly babysitting you.
2. I shouldn’t feel bad because I don’t trust you.
If your only argument when I question your intentions is, “it’s your fault that you don’t trust me,” I really don’t trust you. If I feel insecure about your actions that is not my fault: it’s yours. I don’t have trust issues: you have truth issues.
1. I shouldn’t have to guess what you’re feeling.
We both deserve to have someone open and honest in our lives that will be willing to express how they feel. If I have to wait and gauge your reactions, it’s not worth it.
