Thank You

For Showing Me My Worth Meaning

Yevhn Gertz
3 min readFeb 15, 2019

Thank you for making me realize what I want and what I deserve. It’s time to find that perfect gift for my loved one.

Life was really hard, my whole life felt like it was shattering. I guess you were my longest love, the person who I thought I would "forever" and sometimes I thought I would spend forever with you

That “forever” turned into about years. Years of my life that I dedicated to loving you, loving you more than I loved myself. These years spent losing myself for a guy who didn’t do the same for me. Years of my life that I could have spent figuring out who I am while you were doing that for yourself.

I spent that time :

  • Blaming myself for our fights
  • Blaming myself for not being good enough for you
  • Blaming myself for wanting to go out
  • Blamed myself for being the reason you were unhappy
  • Also I blamed myself for our unhappy relationship

Being with you, I thought I didn’t deserve happiness. I thought I didn’t deserve being with someone who would do anything to make me happy because I thought the only happiness that mattered was yours.

If I knew then what I know now :

  • I would have done it differently
  • I would have loved myself more than loving to make you happy
  • I would have been more comfortable with myself to not feel so uncomfortable with you around other guys

If I knew then what I know now :

I would have realized that my anxiety is important and not something to just brush off

If I knew then what I know now :

I would have known that you shouldn’t tell me I should be “grateful” for what you do for me, that it is something that is supposed to come naturally

If I knew then what I know now :

I would have known that I matter too. A relationship is two people, not just one trying to make the other happy

You put me in a constant battle of comfortability. I was constantly fighting with the want to be comfortable and the need to be happy. Even though it took me a while to realize what I needed, I want to thank you.

  • I want to thank you for showing me what I need and deserve in a relationship
  • I want someone to take my happiness into consideration
  • I want someone to make me feel comfortable enough with myself
  • I want someone to love me endlessly and take care of me when I need it most
  • I want someone to want to do things for me, instead of feeling like it is a chore

Thank you for setting me free into a world that I never knew existed. A world where I know how to love myself and know my worth. Thank you for showing me what I want in a relationship.

Sincerely,

The Man You Let Go.

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Yevhn Gertz
Yevhn Gertz

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