Parents are up again this weekend. Had another long talk with them. Seems pretty much a given now that I’ll be moving in with them once the divorce is settled. I feel like a colossal failure. I often think to myself if it would have been better to just let things be; I should have just been happy that someone was willing to put up with me enough to stay with me, even if it was basically just for handouts. But no, I had to blow it all up because I got infatuated with some other dude that doesn’t even like me; I’m no different than every other delusional whore out there convinced that they deserved something better. No, I had exactly what I fucking deserved and now the future is an abyss of punishment for not staying in my lane. I have to go show up tomorrow to my aunt and uncle’s 50th anniversary party, a milestone that’s forever out of reach to me now, and once again be the only single loser in my entire extended family.
Everyday I struggle to convince myself to just keep going one more day and everyday it gets harder to succeed. I feel like I’m just delaying the inevitable and my brains are going to decorate the wall eventually. Everyone keeps talking about how this is all just an optimistic fresh start and the chance for new opportunities, but I just don’t see it. To me it’s just the dying gasp of a pointless and disappointing life. I just want the pain to stop.
Depression is just the tint on your glasses that keeps you from seeing the positive things.
Moonarchia said it 100%. You have got to learn to look at the bright side - there's a bright side to almost anything.
Moving in with parents? Less expenses! Help taking care of chores! Parents probably cook or get food or do other things that will make your life easier. Are they also annoying to be around and will probably nag you and make you feel like a kid again? Yea, probably, but there's bright sides to everything.
Getting divorced? Yes it sucks, and yes it feels like failure. On the other hand, you get a fresh start, clean slate, you can re-invent yourself and find another guy that isn't a useless piece of shit.
You got infatuated with a guy who didn't end up going for you? Ya know, it has happened to all of us. Again - there's a bright side. You know what it is? You are still capable of love! You are still capable of infatuation and getting the tingles you probably got thinking about him. Thats fine, you'll get it again.
Being single itself also has a lot of advantages - do you know how many people I have to coordinate with if I want to do anything? Sometimes its fun, and sometimes it's a fucking beating. Sometimes you just want to do your own thing, and you're going to have that opportunity.
This is a fresh start, an opportunity to go again and see where life takes you. Picture it like you're taking a flight to a foreign country to start over, meet new people, live a new life. See where it goes.
The best adventure in life is just seeing what happens next. This might be a guy attitude or just my attitude but you said something here that you're being punished for not staying in your lane. I STRONGLY disagree. I think you're being punished for being too complacent, for staying in your lane too much.
You need to be grabbing the world by the fucking neck and TAKE what you want, it will not give it to you. The life you want is not handed to anybody on a silver platter. GO FUCKING GET IT.
Your life is in your hands to do with it what you please. Get angry, get motivated, get out there and LIVE IT.