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“But he still wished Anna would do something to reassure him—ideally burst into tears and say, You were always there for me, always, and plead with him to forgive her for all her years of neglect—but he'd have settled for even a hint that she intended to make an active effort to meet up.”

WaitingFantasySadDesperateUnrequited LoveKristen RoupenianYou Know You Want ThisUnequal Affections
Book:You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories
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“On the other hand, she happily kept him informed about plans she had with other people, providing a steady flow of information about excursions that were about to happen, details of dates or parties that were always this close to coming together. As long as he listened, without complaint, to an endless description of activities that were supposed to happen without him, there was a 30 percent chance, at least, that Anna would change her mind at the last minute, claim to be unable to handle the unbearable burden of whatever her social plans were supposed to be, and decide to hang out with him instead. She'd arrive at his house and collapse in exaggerated relief: "I am so glad we're doing this, I was so not in the mood for another party at Maria's." As though they were both equally at the mercy of circumstance, similarly oblivious to the power dynamic that governed their "friendship.”

RelationshipsFriendshipCarelessCruelPower DynamicsKristen RoupenianYou Know You Want ThisThoughtlessUnequal AffectionsPower Imbalance
Book:You Know You Want This: Cat Person and Other Stories
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“Unrequited love: there's no such thing. If it is unrequited it isn't love, it's expectation [that they should treat you in a certain way]. It's not allowing the relationship to be what it is. It's not accepting the love in the form in which it actually comes in that relationship as being real enough, as being good enough. That's the only thing that creates the idea of "unrequited" is you're not really paying attention to what it is, you're only paying attention to what you expect it to be. [For the person experiencing unrequited love;] the real unrequited love is that they're not loving themselves as much as they could. That's what's unrequited, and they're simply getting a reflection of that.”

LoveUnconditional LoveUnrequited LoveLove HurtsConditional LoveUnequal AffectionsUnequal LoveUnreturned LoveUnequal Relationship
Author:Bashar
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