🖤Anthony 🖤

At some point in your life, someone will hurt you deeply and never acknowledge what they did. They won’t apologise, take accountability or give you the closure you keep hoping for. And it’s important that you don’t convince yourself you need their apology in order to move on. You can accept that what happened was wrong without waiting for them to admit it. You can validate your own pain without needing them to understand it. You can make peace with the fact that they may never see things from your perspective. Don’t let someone who hurt you have control over your healing simply because they refuse to take responsibility for what they did. You are allowed to move on without an apology.

One thing that says a lot about a man’s character is how he treats women he doesn’t find attractive. Some men can be charming, attentive and respectful toward women they want to impress, but the moment a woman doesn’t fit their preferences, their kindness disappears. And that’s what makes it so disappointing. It reveals that their respect was never really about being a good person, but about what they hoped to gain from someone. You don’t have to be attracted to every woman you meet, but you should still be able to treat her with kindness. A woman doesn’t have to be your type to deserve respect and her worth doesn’t decrease simply because you don’t desire her. The true measure of a man’s character is how he treats women he has no romantic interest in, because basic kindness should never depend on whether you find someone attractive.