"Date yourself. Take yourself out to eat. Don’t share your popcorn at the movies with anyone. Stroll around an art museum alone. Fall in love with canvases. Fall in love with yourself."
A long time ago I took a course on the sociology of marriage and my professor said “With compromise, you both lose. As a couple, you must collaborate on the best possible outcome.” Ever since, I never prioritize compromise in a relationship, only collaboration.
During the 1980s, more gay men died in New York City during the AIDS crisis than all recorded deaths of American soldiers in Vietnam. You need to know that.
Sources, for Skeptics who can’t figure out google
120,453 aids related deaths from 1980-1990
57,939 american soldiers died in Vietnam
(Source: hogwartsbitchcraftandmisandry)
understanding yourself is power.
loving yourself is freedom.
Forgiving yourself is peace
(Source: mementt0mori)
