I woke up to a message from an ex.
I rolled over and checked my phone in the darkness of my late-morning, amazingly dark bedroom. The screen was turned down low but still very bright. There was a collection of pictures in a message thread – the angle of the sunlight and the freshness I could sense in the air even though it was 2D told me it was early when the pictures were taken. It was a trailer packed up.
The caption said “bye couch.”
It took a moment, then I pushed air through my nose, a small laugh.
It was a beautiful feeling. One sound: closure, nostalgia, sadness, good memories, good riddance, new chapters, milestones of how far I’ve come after saying goodbye to things I thought I couldn’t.
That couch was where I’d watch hours of the The Walking Dead from, snuggle up when I felt sick, lean over the arm to talk to my boyfriend while he was on the computer. It was where I ate many meals, put on makeup, cried, laughed, argued, got drunk, it was where he first kissed me.
It took a while, but it turns out that you can be reasonably amicable after a long-term relationship, even if you went through very tough times and especially if they have custody of the cat you both adopted. You just have to give it a few years of minimal contact for the hate to subside. We may not be as close as we were, and we may not love each other…but being shown the couch getting retired was…nice. Thanks.
Short one this week because I premiered the WALKING YOU HOME blog post as a youtube, Odysee and Rumble video.
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