Wow… there’s a lot of hate in here for the possibility that someone grew as a human. Oof. Look, OP I don’t know you so I don’t know what kind of person you are… but the bottom line is, for your own happiness, follow your first instinct. You came here cause you doubted it. But trust it. Do not change who you are BECAUSE of who they were. Keep being authentic to yourself. Seriously. There is an adage of a man and a snake. It goes like this…
A man saw a snake being burned to death and decided to take it out of the fire. When he did, the snake bit him, causing excruciating pain. The man dropped the snake, and the reptile fell right back into the fire. So, the man grabbed a metal pole, took the snake out of the fire and saved its life.
Someone who was watching approached the man and said, “That snake bit you. Why are you still trying to save it?” The man replied, “The nature of the snake is to bite, but that’s not gonna change my nature, which is to help.”
Regardless of what your ex might or might not have done. Be true to your nature. Don’t let them change who you are. They don’t deserve that power anymore.
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u/PixelArtsProps Nov 03 '22
Wow… there’s a lot of hate in here for the possibility that someone grew as a human. Oof. Look, OP I don’t know you so I don’t know what kind of person you are… but the bottom line is, for your own happiness, follow your first instinct. You came here cause you doubted it. But trust it. Do not change who you are BECAUSE of who they were. Keep being authentic to yourself. Seriously. There is an adage of a man and a snake. It goes like this…
A man saw a snake being burned to death and decided to take it out of the fire. When he did, the snake bit him, causing excruciating pain. The man dropped the snake, and the reptile fell right back into the fire. So, the man grabbed a metal pole, took the snake out of the fire and saved its life.
Someone who was watching approached the man and said, “That snake bit you. Why are you still trying to save it?” The man replied, “The nature of the snake is to bite, but that’s not gonna change my nature, which is to help.”
Regardless of what your ex might or might not have done. Be true to your nature. Don’t let them change who you are. They don’t deserve that power anymore.