This post was originally published in the Facebook group Girls Gone Global (by Dear Alyne) and written by Briann Skiba. Thank you Briann for the contribution!
Open Topic Sunday
Hello ladies! My name is Briann, I am a 21-year-old college student who works 2 jobs in a hospital and is single for the first time in 6 years. With that, I have decided to start dating myself.
For the past 6 years and the 2 men I had been with, I always gave them everything. My love, affection, attention, put their needs and wants before my own. Because I was so in love, so infatuated, that I was willing the sacrifice fundamental pieces of myself for their sakes. So much so that I don’t know myself anymore. But no longer.
After having the man I planned on marrying choose my best friend over myself, after being treated poorly and pushed aside for so long. I decided to break things off and that enough was enough. But no longer.
Through this ordeal I have discovered that I am strong, I am ambitious, I am loved, and that I am beautiful. But that I am also anxious, I am too trusting, and I don’t know who I am when I look in the mirror. But no longer.
That is why I have decided to date myself. To care for and give myself attention with the same intensity that I have loved the men in my life before. To treat myself how I should be treated. To learn to love and accept parts of myself that I didn’t even know existed.
To appreciate and love myself so wholeheartedly that I will never let myself be treated any less then I deserve.
It’s difficult to do, because it’s so much easier to love another than it is to love yourself. But I assure you no, promise you, that it is worth it.
Ladies, I encourage you, whether you are single, dating, married, or widowed, to date yourself. To treat yourself with love and sincerity and give yourself some much needed TLC. Because when you do, you discover incredible things and the right people will see that love and come into your life.
My journey is just beginning. I am hurting and I am healing and along the way, I am loving myself more and more. I am learning and loving and facing demons along the way but I am living. ❤️
We women are stronger then we think, more compassionate then we know. So how about we start showing ourselves what we can do?
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