Who knew that it would take the only other person uniquely positioned to understand our situation to open my eyes completely.

Regardless of how long we had been dating, you had been around me for nearly a year. You had seen the way I interact with people. I'm an open, engaging, flirtatious, friendly person with unbridled passion and enthusiasm in all of my interactions with other people. It's what makes me who I am. You've seen it. You knew it about me long before we started dating. It's part of what you claimed to love about me. To expect me to act any differently when we were together was your mistake.

Just because I'm passionate and flirtatious doesn't mean my love isn't true; I'm incredibly loyal, I always have been, and I always will be. And people who know and love me can appreciate that quality about me.

The trouble is, while you'd seen me be myself around people online plenty of times, you hadn't seen it in person, and it had never been checked against your level of insecurity and pride. When that happened, both times, you simply couldn't handle it.

The only thing I ever did wrong with you was be myself.

You have a lot of issues to work out. I would have been there for you, had you let me. But now you're on your own.

I'm closing the pages on this chapter. I have no regrets, and it's time to move on.