Somewhere only we know.
Listening: Keane, Somewhere Only We Know
Do you believe in bad luck? I broke a mirror a few months ago right before I moved to San Antonio. I feel like the bad luck has not stopped since then. I don't know if its a psychosomatic thing, or true to life, but I found out today that my parents are getting divorced. After all the fights, and second attempts, they finally decided to call it quits. My dad is moving to Vietnam in December. They always threatened to divorce each other, but it was always all talk. Not anymore. The assets have been divided and the papers have been drawn.
I know this is probably better for the both of them. They were completely unhappy together. I remember all these family photos from my childhood. The happy faces, the grins. They all seem so long ago. It's been a really long time since we have had a family photo with those same smiles. We never will again.
Fact of the matter is, at the end of the day, love just isn't enough. You can love someone with everything you've got, and be completely unhappy with them. My parents loved eachother, after 26 years of marriage, there is no doubt about that. They just weren't happy together. Things just got too complicated, hard. Life is hard. They tried so hard to work through it. I really thought things were getting better at home. I guess being away at school I never realized how bad it became.
When you choose someone to spend your life with, choose wisely. Be picky. Never settle. This is the best advice I could ever give. My parents never got to choose. The stars were aligned against them to begin with. We have choices. We have chances. Don't throw them away. Don't ever settle for less than what you know you deserve. Make that list, of all the things you ever wanted in your significant other. And remember, that rules are meant to be bent, not broken.
Do you believe in bad luck? I broke a mirror a few months ago right before I moved to San Antonio. I feel like the bad luck has not stopped since then. I don't know if its a psychosomatic thing, or true to life, but I found out today that my parents are getting divorced. After all the fights, and second attempts, they finally decided to call it quits. My dad is moving to Vietnam in December. They always threatened to divorce each other, but it was always all talk. Not anymore. The assets have been divided and the papers have been drawn.
I know this is probably better for the both of them. They were completely unhappy together. I remember all these family photos from my childhood. The happy faces, the grins. They all seem so long ago. It's been a really long time since we have had a family photo with those same smiles. We never will again.
Fact of the matter is, at the end of the day, love just isn't enough. You can love someone with everything you've got, and be completely unhappy with them. My parents loved eachother, after 26 years of marriage, there is no doubt about that. They just weren't happy together. Things just got too complicated, hard. Life is hard. They tried so hard to work through it. I really thought things were getting better at home. I guess being away at school I never realized how bad it became.
When you choose someone to spend your life with, choose wisely. Be picky. Never settle. This is the best advice I could ever give. My parents never got to choose. The stars were aligned against them to begin with. We have choices. We have chances. Don't throw them away. Don't ever settle for less than what you know you deserve. Make that list, of all the things you ever wanted in your significant other. And remember, that rules are meant to be bent, not broken.
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