For a long time, I wondered if love was worth the inevitable heartbreak. After a series of failed relationships and the subsequent pain that I barely survived, I just wasn’t sure the risk was worth the possible reward. Now I know it is because every man who ever hurt me was worth the one man I know never will.
- I survived heartbreak and I’m stronger than ever. I could have let those men beat me. I could have stopped trying to find love and given up, settling for a life alone, but I didn’t. I survived heartbreak and I kept fighting for love, hoping that one day I’d find a love that was worth fighting for. Finally, I found just that. I’m a heartbreak survivor and despite all the risk, I finally won my reward.
- He healed all of my pain. I was moving on and letting go on my own. I had been single for a long time and I thought I had fully recovered, but I hadn’t really — not until I met the guy I consider to be the love of my life. The loves I lost left scars on my heart. I wasn’t broken but I was damaged. I may have moved on but I never truly forgot them until I met the man who made me forget all the rest. They’re not worthy of my memory because the only thing I have room for now is my future with this amazing man.
- If I took a different path, I may not have ended up here. If my past relationships didn’t fall apart at the seams, I may not have ended up with the man I’m with now. I’m grateful for everything I went through before because it led me here, to my current guy. I went through hell but now I’m in heaven. The journey may have been rough, but there’s no doubt in my mind that he was worth it.
- This is the love I always knew I deserved. When it came to the men before him, I was settling. I may have loved them in some way, but I was still dreaming of my own personal Prince Charming. They weren’t my fairytale and I began to think that in real life, happy endings didn’t exist. Then I met “The One.” This is the love I always dreamed of. This is the man I always knew I deserved. This is true love.
- I never thought I’d be able to trust again. Yet here I am, falling in love all over again, and this time I know it’s right. I don’t worry about whom he’s with or where he’s going. I’m confident in our love and I’m confident in him. For once in my life, I don’t have to feel like the crazy girlfriend with the urge to snoop. I trust him entirely and that’s something I never thought I could do.
- No matter what, I know he’ll always be there. I couldn’t depend on any of them men that came before him. I started to believe that no man would ever be there for me the way I wanted them to be, but the one I’m with now proved that theory wrong. No matter what ups and downs I go, through there’s a person I can always count on — and for once that person isn’t me.
- I don’t miss my exes anymore. I don’t wish things had worked out with my exes because then I wouldn’t have the wonderful man who sleeps next to me every night. I used to daydream about what life would have been like if things turned out differently. I wished that I’d never fallen out of love, but now I’m so glad I did because this love and this guy is so much better than all the rest.
- I started to believe something was wrong with me before I met him. He showed me that I wasn’t damaged goods. There was never anything wrong with me other than the fact that I just wasn’t with the right guys. My previous relationships didn’t work out because those guys weren’t right for me, and it’s working out now because he is.
- I don’t have to question his love. With the men I dated before, I was always afraid of the end. I couldn’t focus on the present because I was too worried about the future, but I don’t have that fear anymore. I don’t have to be afraid to close my eyes at night because I’m worried the next day might be our last. In fact, I know there’s no last day for us. He loves me and I love him and I’m confident that our love is going to last not just a lifetime, but forever.
- He made me believe in love again. I thought I loved my exes, but that’s nothing compared to the love I have now. The love I had with the men before him was childish, but this love is so mature. My love for my exes faded over time, but I know that this one never will. He loves me as much as I love him and that’s an amazing feeling.
- I’d do it all over again just to be with him. If I could go back and change my past, I wouldn’t. Regardless of how painful my previous relationships were, I can’t deny that they brought me to him. I’m with this guy because of the struggles I went though. I wouldn’t trade the tears, the pain, the heartache, or the depression for the world. If I had the chance to go back, I’d let every man hurt me all over again just to end up with the one man I know never will. He’s worth it.
