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"I have a tendency to finish other people&amp;#039;s sentences. I like predicting the twists of movies and endings of books. Sometimes I forget that some stories, like my own, are still being written. Troy and I are no longer together. Ask each of us who broke up with who and you&amp;#039;ll get two different answers, but ultimately the decision was mutual. We&amp;#039;ve been down this road before being off and on for over two years. But there is only so much repairing you can do before the broken pieces are unfixable. The first 24 hours after our final phone call was the hardest. I experienced emotions that I do not even know how to adequately label: devastation, fear, regret, and relief. Despite all of the confusion, the one indisputable feeling was peace. I know for me, this feels right. There is a wonderful quote from the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower that has stuck with me since I heard it: &amp;quot;we accept the love we think we deserve.&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;ve been thinking about it a lot lately as I go through this break up. Troy is a fantastic person. He is handsome, hilarious, and one of the most talented people I have ever met. But his amazing qualities don&amp;#039;t excuse deal-breaking behaviors. I made excuses for his behaviors because I desperately wanted to hold on to the perfect version of him, saying things like &amp;quot;he&amp;#039;ll change,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;he&amp;#039;s just stressed,&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;he needs me.&amp;quot; The fact of the matter is that I was enabling him and cheating myself. I want the best version of Troy. I do not want the &amp;quot;baby I will do better&amp;quot; version. I will always love him. When Troy whispered to me &amp;quot;say you&amp;#039;ll be mine forever&amp;quot; and I whispered back &amp;quot;I will be yours forever,&amp;quot; we meant it. We have more growing to do. This was step one.  Brooklyn Brooklyn blogs about dating for Seventeen every Thursday. Read her post from last week here! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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