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European / London Session News Wrap
By: Alexander Hannoun
Tags: News, Forex, UK, Brexit, Forex Trading

Pound keeps lower on Brexit

Headlines

UK’s Hancock: Once the vulnerable are vaccinated, the UK will start lifting restrictions (7:22 GMT)

This is the start of the largest vaccination program in the UK and one that will hopefully prove to be a turning point against the health crisis.

UK’s Hancock says hopes that Oxford vaccine will get approval in the next couple of weeks (7:52 GMT)

UK PM Johnson remarks on Brexit: “Situation is tricky” (9:07 GMT)

PM Johnson says that he is always hopeful, that you’ve got to be optimistic and to believe there’s the power of sweet reason. However, things are looking very difficult at the moment.

EU / UK still a long way apart on fisheries, and that it may come a moment where a deal won’t be possible. PM Johnson says to do his best to sort it out if they can.

All in all, there is no technicality here on getting to a deal anymore. It is all down to political optics, so if anything it is more than likely a positive outcome will see some form of technical workaround.

Brexit: There is reportedly still no firm decision on when PM Johnson will be heading to Brussels (10:11 GMT)

Just be reminded that the EU has now put a “deadline” for tomorrow but again, as much as one would believe that will be where they draw the line, it is easy to imagine further political posturing until we get to the transition period “deadline” of 31 December.

For the GBP, it will come down to how much buyers can tolerate all the shenanigans in the meantime. The positioning is skewed towards a more positive outcome, but if this drags on longer, weak hands may be shaken out.

Summary

It was mostly quiet session as the market continues to take space for a bit of a breather following the risk rally from November through to last week.

EU indices are marked lower alongside US futures, with Pfizer saying that it can only provide a substantial amount of vaccine doses to the US some time in June at the earliest. A potential stimulus stalement is also not helping with the risk mood.

Brexit headlines continue to steal the show but the bottom line is that we are now caught waiting on when Boris Johnson will travel to Brussels.

The EU gave a “deadline” for tomorrow to bridge the divide but it doesn’t seem like there is much movement as of yet to suggest a change in recent developments.

What are we looking for ahead

Positioning adjustment, rebalancing flows, profit-taking, dollar funding needs, the FOMC meeting next week. All of those are now part and parcel of the market narrative and that will make for a rather messy last few weeks of trading.
Hi, Byron !
By: Louisa Oliveros
Tags: Brexit, Authoritarianism, Authors, Travel, Writing

Hi, Byron !

Thank you very much for following me in Medium. I really appreciate.

I have read one of your stories and liked it a lot. I share most of your opinions about Brexit and Europe. Probably all changes are only temporary, because History can not go backwards, but I think finally the idea of only one humanity will prevail -hopefully without too much convulsion. Nationalisms are old-fashioned -they started in1492-, and we have reached a level that we can not any further — we are all different, but we are all human beings and God’s daughters and sons.

Your project is very good. Woow ! I would like to have a job as free as yours. I will read this article again to know whether I can do something for you.

With all my heart, I wish you a lot of success as a Writer, Copywriter, and traveler.

Ah ! I follow you as well. I will be very pleased to read more and more of you writing work.

All the best.

Louisa
North American Session News Wrap
By: Alexander Hannoun
Tags: Fundamental Analysis, Brexit, USA, Currency, Forex

Choppy day in the USD. GBP swings around on Brexit

Headlines

Ireland Coveney: No Brexit progress at all in the last 2 days (18:38 GMT)

New problems landed on fish. There is a great deal of frustration in EU with UK as their mood shifts towards no deal planning.

planning. Seen progress around Northern Ireland protocol.

Political intervention from top needed on Brexit as UK tries to inject some trust in the process.

Joint statement from EU/UK showing no deal… as of yet. PM Johnson to go to Brussels for last effort to meet Von Der Leyen (18:49 GMT)

Statement: We asked for our chief negotiators and their teams to prepare an overview of the remaining differences to be discussed in a physical meeting in Brussels in the coming days.

We agreed that the conditions for finalizing agreement are not there due to the remaining significant differences on 3 critical issues; a level playing field, governance and fisheries

Summary

The market was focused on the headlines coming out of Brexit negotiations. The clock is ticking with some suggesting that Wednesday is “THE” day for a deal or no deal.

The day started with a bearish view on Brexit deal prospects. As a result, NY traders were greeted with sharply lower GBP levels. Early in North American trading, GBP declines were whittled away after a headline that the joint committee discussions were said to be progressing well. However, this was short lived as the leader’s talks broke down with little progress being made on 3 critical issues (1. level playing field 2. governance 3. fisheries). As a result, the GBP moved back lower.

Furthermore, price jumped higher again with hope of a last effort deal to be stricken by PM Johnson in the coming days in a face-to-face meeting in Brussels with his EU counterpart.

For the US stock market today, the NASDAQ closed at another record high. The Dow closed lower but did trade intraday to a new record high. The S&P fell short of its all-time record high and closed lower as well.

What are we looking for ahead

Nonetheless, if you are going to trade the GBP now, be ready for volatile price action and uncertainty from random headlines.
Post-Brexit Britain: Johnson’s lonely Deal
Tags: Elections, UK, Brexit, Politics, USA

Post-Brexit Britain: Johnson’s lonely Deal

What a no deal and long lost relations with the US mean for post-Brexit Britain Knilafiable Follow Dec 7, 2020 · 2 min read

Image provided by The House

26 days until Britain leaves the EU and Britain is still faced with a no-deal Brexit deal. After another day of a no Brexit breakthrough with talks between Johnson and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

Amongst other Brexit news, newly elected president of the United States, Joe Biden, has little to say in regards to a UK-US relation beginning in January 2021. Testing the waters under the diplomatic relation between the US and the UK, the UK could see 2021 further from the US’s it’s closet allie.

Image provided by CNBC

With Joe Biden openly being against the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the UK currently resides on the dependence of the US and any possibly trade deals after the UK leaving the EU on January 1st 2021.

From COVID-19 to the relationship between the US and the UK, travel restrictions face an unknowing future. All leading to a very uncertain future for the UK.

We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit. — Joe Biden .

With news already breaking in late 2020, that the UK should brace for the new year to be hit head on with a food shortage, there follows an uncertainty in late January when Joe Biden finally takes office in the White House. Any post-Brexit discussions must follow a peace relationship between Britain and Northern Ireland, this include’s the ‘hard border’ agreement between the UK and the EU.

Under the Ireland’s agreement with the EU, they will remain a part of the single market, which the UK opted out on during Brexit talks. The 300-mile border between Northern Ireland and the Britian, remains uneasy on fears of a harsh border under the UK leaving the EU. A harsh border between Britain and Northern Ireland is to ensure that no goods are being exported through Ireland and back into the EU.

Uncertain deals with the EU and even the US are putting the UK in the position to be a very separated country post-Brexit.
Changes in Address Service Concerning Trade Mark Registrations due to Brexit
By: Helen Nurmsoo
Tags: Trademark, UK, Brexit, Business, Business Address

Changes in Address Service Concerning Trade Mark Registrations due to Brexit

Following the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has announced changes from 1 January 2021. Intellectual property owners are required to provide a UK or Channel Islands address for new patent and trademark applications. Helen Nurmsoo Follow Dec 7, 2020 · 3 min read

What will change for the EU trade mark owners or applicants?

If you are the proprietor of an EU trade mark and/or the design right that has been registered before the transition period (31 December 2020), you will be granted a cloned or comparable UK registration for the same design with the same scope of protection. That means you will then have two registered rights, one for the UK and the other for the EU, and you can continue using an address that is in the EEA until the end of 2023. The creation of the same right in the UK will be done automatically and for free.

If your EU trade mark application is still pending as of 31 December 2020, the rights will not be cloned. The application will proceed as usual, but it will not cover the UK. An identical application done until 31 October 2020 (9 months from 1 January 2021) for the UK rights will be back-dated to the filing date of your EU trade mark application. Filing a new identical application as in the EU within the designated period will ensure the protection in the UK.

What will change for the UK companies that have an EU trade mark registration?

UK companies who have an EU trade mark should trade at least in one of the 27 EU member states to maintain the registration. If you haven’t yet started trading in any of the EU member states, you should consider starting the trade in at least one of them which will maintain an EU registration protection. Trading in the UK will no longer count as evidence of trading in the EU to maintain the trade mark protection.

What is an address for service?

An address for service is the address used to correspond with the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and for proceedings under intellectual property legislation. That can be the applicant’s address or the address of their representative, such as an attorney. If you apply for a UK trade mark after 1 January 2021 or you have a pending application at that time, the IPO will not send letters to the EU addresses anymore and you will have to start using a mail forwarding service.

How can we help?

You can use our registered office address in London as the address for service. Any correspondence from the UKIPO will be scanned on the same day and made available in our secure client portal. Learn more about the legal address service with mail forwarding or contact us for more information.
Is it all a grand plan of the universe?
By: Natasha Srivastava
Tags: Breakups, Life, Relationships, Poetry Sunday, Love

They say some loves

Just aren’t meant to last

So I wonder,

About this alchemy

Of love and loss

I wonder if it’s nothing

But a grand plan of the universe

Setting the storm in motion

One little piece at a time

While we wear our hearts

On our sleeves

Throwing love like confetti

Unsuspecting, carefree

I wonder how it all unfolds

How do you know

That you loved them?

And that you don’t love them, anymore?

That you just can’t

Even if you try

When do you know?

Is it something they do?

Or is it someone new you meet?

Does your gut randomly tell you,

It’s time.

And do you simply believe it?

Do the edges chip away,

Before our entire world

Comes crashing down?

Tell me, love

How did it happen for you?

Because all I remember,

From before,

Is how I was your girl

Straight out of a dream

How you said you loved me

With every fibre of your being

I remember the video calls

From thousands of miles away

Where we couldn’t stop staring

Smiling at each other

And then, I remember

How you couldn’t come to see me off

At the airport, when I left the city

How you weren’t able to take me out

To that place you loved

I remember how you shrugged

When I said things

We didn’t see eye to eye on

I can vaguely put together

How you spoke to me

In lesser words

With every day

Leading to our last

I can’t un-hear the indifference

In your voice when you said Goodbye

And so I wonder if it was just

A grand plan of the universe, all along?

Letting things remain incomplete

Chipping the edges away

So it can all wither into nothing

Bringing our souls together

Closer and closer every day

And pulling them farther away

Before ripping us apart

Setting the storm in motion

One little piece at a time

While we Iive our life,

Unsuspecting, carefree?
What Do You Mean, “I Love You”?
By: Oum Ek
Tags: Breakups, Life Lessons, Relationships, Self, Love

What Do You Mean, “I Love You”?

“I love you”, he said.

For the first time, I couldn’t say it back.

One thought repeated on a loop as I remained in an awkward silence: what does it mean, “I love you?”

What did you mean with this sentence? You said it at the end of a conversation that felt like a goodbye, like closing a long trailing relationship that ended in tears and hurt a few months ago — at least on my side.

You said it at the end of a call that felt like yet another reminder of our utter incompatibility; that showed me just how different we are, and how impossible it is to be myself and with you — as your partner, as your lover, and as your friend.

So, what did that “I love you” mean? I can only say what it felt like for me, energetically speaking.

It felt like “I will miss you”, and “I’m sad things are turning this way.”

Is this what these three words are about? Is “I love you” something we say when we’re not able to put words on a feeling in our heart, be it sadness, the warmth of gratitude, butterflies in the belly, or pure attachment?

And what would it have felt like for me if I had replied back to you? Empty and meaningless.

Because when I say “I love you”, I mean “I care for you” and “you’re important to me” and also “I’m attached to you.”

And yesterday, at the end of our call, none of these feelings rose in me. How could they after a conversation where I told you “I want to care for you and for you to care for me” and you said, “This is not what I want.” How could I express care for you if you’re not on the same level? A relationship, after all, is an interaction and I believe it is healthy only when the two persons are aligned on the level of feelings, care, attention and time they give to each other.

You called this “transactional.” I call this being realistic and grounded in our human form.

Does “I love you” then mean for you “I have warm feelings for you but don’t hold me accountable for anything, I’ll see ya when I’ll see ya!”?

I’ll never know what it meant for him. I don’t even know if he knows what it meant for him.

And this is why I don’t say “I love you” to my romantic partners anymore. This phrase feels like a potpourri of different concepts, some antagonistic to the others. It’s too charged — conceptually, emotionally, culturally. Human connections and feelings are too important to me for me to put them in a bucket phrase. There are a plethora of other words, and when words fail, there’s always silence, and a smile, and the warmth of a soft caress on the face of the other, and the eyes gazing… pure energy, pure presence, and that, for me, is love.

Sometimes it’s better to say nothing, and let the inner intelligence of both persons connect. Like a silent Namaste.

Love.
12 sign of toxic people…
By: Reema Bhardwaj
Tags: Toxic Relationships, Breakups, Happiness, Relationships, Love

1. They make you believe that you are not good enough.

they always told you things like these clothes do not suit on you, you should do this and all but trust me you're best, the way you are. don't fall into the trap.

2.They consistently lie and make you believe that they did it because of you.

3.They always play victim card.

they put all the blame on you, and act like they are victim.

4.They make you believe that your friends are not good and you have to stay away from them.

most of the time,girls fall into it and start ignoring their friends and end up losing themselves.

5.They always do evil about their ex's and even their friends.

Trust me, such people also condemn you behind your back.

6.They are control freaks

7.They always create drama.

8.They never put any efforts to be with you. all the work, love, compromise comes from you.

9. You always have trust issues with them.

10.They always abuse you and make excuse like they were drunk or angry and all.

11.They are masters in manipulating.

12. Last but not the least, you are always unhappy with them, you’re constantly having vibes like something is wrong.

at the time of reading this, if someone’s name is pop up in your mind then he/she is a toxic person and I know it’s difficult to let them go from your life but you have to do this for yourself. you deserve to be free and happy. Trust me, it looks hard in beginning, but once you are able to do this. you will become happy person. and you gonna are thanks yourself for this in your entire life.
In love with the flowers and not the roots
By: Pseudonym Intellectual
Tags: Breakups, Flowers, Poetry, Poem, Love

I was the happiest I thought I could be,

A reaction to a photo ‘I know a church, marry me’

I was told I was handsome,

Full of over-exaggeration.

I went through a rough patch,

But you said you didn’t feel yourself and we were a mismatch.

Chose booze as my vice,

All I needed was a bit of advice,

I now realise I am so much more without her,

For she didn’t fall in love with the roots, just merely the flower.
Voyage: From Strangers to Acquaintances
By: Jessie Tan
Tags: Breakups, Relationships

Photo by Qijin Xu on Unsplash

One of my ships took on water. Something had hit it.

I can’t be sure if it was the universe or the sky.

One thing I can jot down for sure: my world felt like it was ending for a moment.

The crew stayed calm, but I couldn’t. Unlike them, I wasn’t waiting for orders, instead I was holding the position of authority, in which I felt responsible to make decisions that could mean life or death.

Unlike them, I’ve been in this scenario before. A scenario that ended with casualties under my orders and left me scars till this day.

Every chaotic innuendo brought me back to another ship, a similar situation, 6 years ago. I could hear the fight-or-flight cries inside my head. I could sense the same anxiety in my cabin. I could feel the lump in my throat — the same first response I would get.

It was starting to become the same chaos.

I vowed to myself after the disaster in 2013 that this time there should be no casualties. If there was any, I wouldn’t know how to go on anymore.

I scanned the ship, I reread the logs, I recited some references, and I thought the whole situation over. I took into account my crew’s lives that were on the line, my own life that was also on the line, the ship’s weak architecture, the journey so far, our destination (if there was even one), our ability to go on after this, and a simple calculation of probability.

I have to admit that there was still a way for us to save the engines and keep them weakly running until we find land. However, it would only be a matter of time until the engines fail and I risk the loss of my men to the cruel stormy seas. As far as we knew, we were still high waves away from land and there was no guarantee that we would encounter one any time soon.

It had become clear that reaching our destination was out of the option by then.

We could no longer trust the ship to sail or survive. I couldn’t.

As faithful my men wish to be, it was unlikely. I didn’t want to jeopardize them with the big uncertainty hole that was only allowing more water to keep entering the ship. It was sane to leave and take refuge.

Seeing that, I made the decision to put all my men to a lifeboat and abandon the ship.

The ship was going down and it would be improper to drag us all with it.

Abandoning has always been an act of disloyal. However, I’ve learned that sometimes abandoning what has no purpose, what erupts toxicity, what suffocates you, or what threatens your life in the long-term, is acceptable.

It’s not loyal to the object of abandonment, but it’s loyal to the subject of abandonment.

It’s being loyal to your welfare and your wellbeing.

Out of the corner of one’s eyes, it may seem like giving up or not putting up a fight.

However, when you look closer, there’s a Captain who has been through a disastrous scenario and has carried casualties in her hands.

All she wishes for is to keep her crew safe and to finally reach the destination at the right time. A ship that’s sinking isn’t worth fighting for.
Ok so, I had a boyfriend we’ll call Him jake.
By: Mary Margaret
Tags: Breakups, Drama

Ok so, I had a boyfriend we’ll call Him jake. I met jake at camp but didn’t start talking till later. I liked jake and jake like me. We talked a lot. One day jake got in a fight with his little brother and his mom got his phone and saw all of our texts. He got grounded for a month. We would talk every once in a while but not as much as I would like. He didn’t text me on my birthday or Christmas. Today he got un grounded and told me we need to talk. He had acquired feelings for another girl but told me he still wanted to see what could happen with us in the future. I said I’m not gonna be you back up girl. Eventually, I broke up with him. He said he will always wait for me and doesn’t like the other girl anymore. What would you have done?
Climate Change, My life
By: Shireen Pasha
Tags: Forced Marriage, Breakups, Ashutosh Gowariker, Coup De Foudre, Love

You can never force anyone to love you. How does love reveal itself, how is it developed?

In Ashutosh Gowariker’s film, Jodha Akbar, Akbar has to marry Jodha to obtain rights for Muslim pilgrims to pass through Rajput land. It was a contract that made both people rather miserable. But they do fall in love. (Some of the finest coup de foudre scenes are in this film.)

The sublime days of endearment end when Akbar suspects Jodha of being unfaithful and throws her out.

When Akbar realizes that Jodha has always been faithful and that she was trapped in a conspiracy for the throne, he returns to her homeland “to pick her up.”

You can’t just pick up people when you are ready to do so.

Jodha tells him to leave her alone, that love is earned; it can never be demanded. I think this is the point where Akbar is left to wonder if his people really love him or if he is forcing them to.

I have had my share of heartbreaks. I can list them and make you laugh. My inner voice always told me to set free what I loved. This love would return if it made the other person happy. I always sought solace in Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali

If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and

endure it. I will keep still and wait like the night with starry

vigil and its head bent low with patience.



The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish, and thy

voice pour down in golden streams breaking through the sky.



Then thy words will take wing in songs from every one of my

birds' nests, and thy melodies will break forth in flowers in all

my forest groves.

Breakups are not easy. They are painful, appetite losing massacres of time. The clouds do part and the sun does rise again.
4 AM. A free verse poem
By: Paula Light
Tags: Breakups, Rain, Poetry, Relationships, Self-awareness

4 AM

Image credit to mohamadaz | unsplash

I watch from my window

While your tail lights vanish in the rain.

The streets smear stain

Into a red and green fingerpainting,

Flickering with the traffic signals,

As fickle as your interest in me.

Blurred and tearstreaked,

The wet masterpiece

Stays illuminated

By a cold lemondrop moon.

I know I’ll never see you again.

All the frothy promises

And cotton candy plans

Dissolve in the morning mist.

My lips still hum from your kiss,

But I feel your vague disappointment,

Your perpetual darkness

Guarded by barbed wire.

I wander outside to feed the ferals —

Two slinky shadows, silhouettes cut from coal;

Crunchy nuggets clink into the cats’ dish.

How I wish I could make a wish,

But there are no do-overs here.

I always fail with a complicated man;

I don’t respond well to the tortured genius soul

Who needs the perfect femme fatale,

A Marilyn to his Al.

I fail with the uncomplicated too.

You told me I was nothing like her,

The ex who depressed you —

I thought that was a good thing;

But now I imagine you search

For her likeness,

In hopes of recreating some sick

Woody Allen type lobster scene,

To find catharsis

And absolution.

And though I sneer and snark,

I want to play a part

In this execution.

I gaze up at that judgy stone face,

Unflinchingly —

In my disordered state:

Jammie pants, damp coat,

Tangled mass of bedhead.

“Is it something I said?”

Yes.

I ponder this relationship chess;

I might just be on the precipice

Of finally understanding

Something,

Anything,

A small piece of this

Jagged, glassy, bloody puzzle.

“Is it something I didn’t say?”

Also yes.
Musicpervs
Tags: Breakups, Musicpervs

From how I understand Breakups —

Breakup is always a choice.

Better if mutual.

Best if one of the two fucks up. Because you see, that holy fucker is merely an opportunistic scavenger (figuratively speaking); and undoubtedly a ‘would-have-been’ lifelong baggage of regrets-of-fucked-up-choice. An imbecile pathogen per se.

My friend, Breakups bends but mends.

Rationally weighing over it — there’s no ugly side.

p.s. learned the word ‘imbecile’ from a Netflix movie ‘Serious Men’.
My Year
By: Jen Kennedy
Tags: LGBTQ, 2020, Breakups, Poetry, Love

Photo by Seyedeh Hamideh Kazemi on Unsplash

2020 was supposed to be my year

But instead, all it gave me was a bunch of fucking fear.

I don’t even know how I’m still right here.

I ain’t no crystal ball but I’ll make it crystal clear.

I was born and raised in a chaotic state,

I never asked for any of this.

Then I meet this girl, who shows me a new world,

One that I don’t want to miss.

The I love you’s come fast, of course, I say it first.

I know I wasn’t lying but at times it felt rehearsed.

As life began to change, we couldn’t stay the same.

Instead of speaking up, I stayed in my own lane.

Till death do us part? We were dead from the start.

But the nail in the coffin, the thing that broke my heart?

Is knowing I was hers until she changed her mind.

And that I’ll be the bad guy if she ever hears this rhyme.
The End of Love
By: Wallis May Streete
Tags: Breakups, Life, Poetry, Sadness, Love

The End of Love

Picture by: Juan Encalada on Unsplash.

When love does not contend with happiness, it slowly dies, as broken fragments of illusion melt away in confusion.

When love is sick, it cannot breathe; there is a deafening silence of wasted words that dance along to an anxious beat.

When love is lost, it cannot find meaning or joy; it is bound to a path filled with ardent doubt and failed interpretation.

When love has given up, it shines no more under the light of stars, the frail emotions of tired souls brings in the end to all we know.
Of Ramen and Sweets — Part 2. “I’m sorry.” I said.
By: Totem Magallano
Tags: Break Up, Love, Love Story, Short Story

“I’m sorry.” I said.

He looked at me in the eyes with that familiar fervent stare.

“What’s up?” he asked. “I know that phrase all too well, you know.”

I looked away and fixed my eyes to the open sign, hanging slightly tilted. For a long moment, I just stared at the work “open”.

“I really don’t want to drag this night for too long so can we just go somewhere we can talk in a jiffy?” I said. I guess the door sign gave me some unexplainable courage to be open and brave.

He agreed. We went to a familiar place, we used to sit there and just talk about anything, look at people passing by and judge them, burst into laughter right after.

We sat on an open bench, a person apart.

“What’s up?” He asked again.

“I agreed to see you again because the last time we talked… chat on Facebook I mean, you just said a few words. I wrote you a letter.” I didn’t glance at him once.

“I understand.” He stopped for a bit. “I didn’t know what to say at that time. I still don’t.”

“Then let me ask you one thing…” Our eyes met. My mind went into a race, scanning all the questions I’ve been wanting to ask, trying to fish that one good question to answer everything.

“Why?” I asked.

A few minutes past by and he still haven’t answered.

I realized how ambiguous my question was but that’s all I could ever come up with. A billion questions summed up into a single word, a million late night thoughts containing that very word, a single word carrying all the weight of the pandemonium that my mind had to carry all this time.

He straightened his back, breathed in, and sighed. He looked at me with a smile.

“We unfortunately met during a time where we were both broken and lost.”

I knew that. I’ve been thinking about why it never went the way I imagined it to go. Sleepless nights and lonely days have gone by and that’s what I’ve always told myself… we met in such a terrible state, both of us.

I smiled back.

“I don’t really expect anything after this…”, I said. “But one thing I’m sure of is, finally, I’m at peace… knowing that we both knew what was up.

All those days, I thought that I was in pain for losing you. We weren’t even couples, to begin with.

I realize that I was in pain because I failed to heal myself and ended up using another person to do that.

It was more of the guilt of trying to fix myself and I needed someone else to do it instead of feeling hurt for something that failed to go the way I imagined.”

“I guess we met to learn just that, don’t you think?” he asked.

I nodded with a smile. For the longest time, I finally felt at peace.

We stayed silent for a minute or two just quietly judging people passing by, like we used to, no laughter this time, just smiles and glances.

“About that ramen…” I said. “Yeah?” He asked.

“I can treat you this one time, I guess.” I took the remaining Snickers bar inside my pocket and took a last bite.
The Move Day 3
Tags: Breakups

I didn’t sleep at all that night although I tried. I was on the phone with my niece early in the morning explaining what just happened to me and that I needed to go to his house to get my things. He never responded to my calls or texts the night before so I wasn’t sure what I was going to run into if I just went over there. But I needed to get my things. He came to the door and to my surprise he answered it with so much energy, like he had been up all night. The first thing he said was, “where’d you sleep? in your car?” What a jerk! I walk in and see that his stepsister was sitting on the sofa looking at her phone. She stared at me as I passed her but didn’t respond when I said hi to her. She gave me this look like what was I doing there. I walked to his room to gather my things and noticed that my stuff had been gone through. Someone was looking through my things. I mentioned this to Jack and he said he didn’t know. I looked around and noticed that the bed sheets had been changed. I was upset because my mind went to Jack sleeping with his stepsister. They slept together a few years ago. Jack told me this story but I kept quiet about it. I pretended like I didn’t know their disgusting secret. It’s always been uncomfortable to know this. My mind was going crazy. He said they didn’t have sex and that his brother was in his room for a few hours after I left. He was having sex with his girlfriend. Which makes sense as to why my stuff had been gone through. The girlfriend didn’t like me anyway and I already knew she was a thief. She stole Jack’s credit card information a few years back and used it to pay for her Uber rides. But he never confronted her about it but he told me. I started to cry and told him that we needed to talk about last night. He kept cutting me off and said that he didn’t want to talk about it. He would shut his eyes and pretend like he wasn’t listening to me. I was upset because I felt like he was just trying to ignore what had happened. I couldn’t take his dismissive attitude. So I said I’m leaving and I’m not coming back. He said ok. I cried, packed up my stuff and walked out. I went back to the hotel to get some rest because I wasn’t sure I would be able to drive home. I didn’t sleep and I was physically and emotionally drained. I called my niece and she was trying to convince me to go home. I told her I couldn’t get up from the sofa. The emotional pain was so severe that it completely debilitated my body from moving. A few hours later, I got the energy to get up and take the 3 hour drive back home. On the drive, I kept thinking of how he could be so heartless after everything that I had done for him. I was so angry and heartbroken. I was in a daze. But I finally got home. I knew I would never go back there. This was it. It was over…
Every Night
Tags: Breakups

Every night since then I have woken up in the middle of the night reliving what happened. And every day that passes without a response from you validates those feelings that I never imagined I would feel. No friend would ever do that to me. No person with a conscience or a heart would treat another human being that way. But u did. When I walked into the house the next morning the first thing u said was “what did u sleep in your car?” How cruel and insensitive. When I walked past Carly she looked at me like what was I doing there. I did nothing to her but I knew it was your words and your actions towards me that allowed her that right. I even said hi to her when I walked in and she didn’t say anything. What is your relationship anyway? I never tripped until our argument that night when u guys were sitting a little too close when I walked out and ur brother and Leah were standing by the fireplace. I felt like an outsider when I shouldn’t have. I was a guest and was only there for a short time and felt that I should have been treated more nicely especially since I did so much for u. You made a mockery of my situation at my job when u know that was so traumatic for me. But what u said was the issues at work were the same things that were going on at your house. Petty catty bullshit. Now u see that I do nothing to females to attract that kind of behavior that u say is my fault. What do u always say “if 10 people don’t like u it must be u.” Now u know. And by the way, it wasn’t the petty catty female bs that led to my issues at work, my boss was trying to fire me.
getting over him: a series
Tags: Ｍedium, Series, Advice, Breakups

my parents always said “you loved the wrong one this much, imagine how much you’ll love the right one.”

my parents are never wrong.
Not My Ride or Die
Tags: Breakups

You always said you would do anything for me but you didn’t.

You humiliated me in front of your family and told me I could leave.

You told me it was my house just as much as it was yours and your moms, and that I was the woman of the house, yet you told me to go.

You sat there and talked to your family about me and didn’t respond to my calls in the middle of the night when I was outside in the cold knowing I came down to help you move and had no one there to be with,

You didn’t defend me at all to anyone in that house that night when I was being mistreated,

You know I loved you more than anyone and I was your ride or die but you showed me that I was nothing to you.

Saying words that you don’t mean,and showing me that I don’t mean anything to you.

I am no value to you.

Everyone in that room has fucked you over in some way or another…

Your brother flaked on you when you needed him the most and takes advantage of your money situation,

Leah stole your credit card information and is rude to those that you say you love,

Carly takes advantage of your money and asks you more often than not,

What have I done to you?

But yet I was told to leave…guess they are family though right? the ones that take advantage of you…

You asked me the other day if I could trust you and I said I can’t trust you with love but as a friend and a protector yes, but now…not anymore.

You have nothing for me, nothing to give me, nothing to make me feel like you are worthy of anything special in my life. I can’t trust you with my life and I know you will never protect me.

I’m embarrassed, humiliated, hurt, angry and heartbroken.

I hope you get your peace from all of this with everyone there than can help you now because I am done with my life with you. No more making up. No more pretend friendship because you have shown me that I never was or am.
Your Ex Is Not a Narcissist
By: Weylie Li
Tags: Narcissism, Breakups, Life, Self, Life Lessons

The content regarding narcissism is getting popular in recent years. People enjoy consuming narcissist-related information, even though most of the time, they’re quite academic and full of technical words.

Why? Why can the specific type of professional knowledge stand out from complicated issues? Because the warm winter may not remind you of the seriousness of climate change, but every single minute, you desperately want to know why you’ve been frustrated even after a relationship ends.

Why do I know that? Sure, I know, because I’ve been there, obsessed with all videos and articles on narcissism. I still remember when I came across and watched a YouTube video talking about narcissists and gaslighting. It blew my mind.

Suddenly, all my frustration from my prior relationship got validated. All I want to do is yell out loud — no wonder the relationship was miserable and suck, my ex is a narcissist!
thank god you put sugar and cream in your coffee because i prefer mine black and i don’t know what…
Tags: Breakups, Love, Sad, Relationships

thank god you put sugar and cream in your coffee because i prefer mine black and i don’t know what i’d do if you ruined that for me too
Zero: The Breakup (Poem)
By: The Stormy Poet
Tags: Poetry On Medium, Breakups, Dating, Poetry, Relationships

Zero — it stands alone, unapologetically and unequivocally, as the only eternal numerical figure

that could and would ever accurately portray literal nothingness.

Even negatives, at least, represent progression to one side of an arithmetic plane, opposite of positives. Yet, zero defiantly choose neither.

The reality we occupy fundamentally allows no definition for anything to be more nor less than The Nothing, itself.

Even darkness — although a formidable opponent and a close runner-up — does not stand as worthy to fill zero’s infinitely void shoes, for it’s merely the absence of light. Zero is not even blackness.

Zero is the absolute and completely unwavering lack of presence of every memory, emotion, experience, bond, relationship, and person to a name.

When it comes to rouge thoughts of her, I am like zero. It’s the only digit worthy to represent my condition, or maybe my condition is the only kind worthy to portray it.

I am zero now. There’re no more late night tears, no more longing for her call to work it out, no more being forwarded to voicemail, no more wondering who she’s with, no more allowing myself the indulgence in fond memories, no more wondering about what went wrong and about how things could’ve been saved, no more blaming myself, no more wondering what we are, and no more hope of us finishing what we were building.

I don’t wish you the best nor do I wish you the worst. For, that would require a positive or a negative. There was an allotted amount of time for mourning, and I allowed myself neither once I hit my quota.

For this, I now discard any invasive remnants of you, both physical and reminiscent. I’ve no bitterness nor happiness to bid you — only the tasteless, colorless, limitless, and empty void only a character like zero could encompass.

From the Soul,
The Nights Lie
By: Galit Birk
Tags: Breakups, Healing, Poetry, Relationships, Relationships Love Dating

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Burned
By: Jessica M. Phoenix
Tags: Breakups, Grief, Poetry, Poetry Sunday, Relationships

There was a warmth

A glow

When he radiated his love towards me

It was magnificent, I will admit

His smile, the smile I fell in love with

On the internet

From a picture

Was all mine,

He was a sun

He was my sun

I gave him every bit of me

My energy

My heart

My body

My worry

My thoughts

My wishes

My dreams

I saw the best in him

I saw the very best in him

And when

Suddenly

In a flash

All of that glow was gone

Turned off

Shut down

Only dark came out at me

Only cold

It felt like whiplash, like I had broken my neck, like I had fallen

Down a hole

I looked for the sun and it was gone

He was gone

I made him my sun

My mistake was magnificent

Crawling out

I will learn to be my own warmth

To radiate my own glow

To be my own sun

And to never give this power away again.
Concentric Circles
By: Shalini C
Tags: Toxic Relationships, Breakups, Reverse Poetry, Poetry Sunday, Love

Concentric Circles

Photo by sept commercial on Unsplash

Stealthy like dust, you walk in and out all the time

The way that I had left you behind.

Stealthy like dust, you walk in and out all the time

your coat and hat that dwindles on a corner stand, shedding lint

as scabs of my dandelion wishes fall, fall, fall, hesitant to still

and I rewrite this poem in circles of blotting pain

my bleeding verses blooming bountiful in every direction

holding a secret salve within

these eyes — falling curtains peeled to the past

reluctant to dress, undress layers — like every unraveling could hurt

unbound by hands of a clock trembling

rearranged to blue heartbeats

beneath the creases of a blue shirt you loved

the memory of your skin

The way that I had left you behind.

Now read it bottom-to-top…

The way that I had left you behind

the memory of your skin

beneath the creases of a blue shirt you loved

rearranged to blue heartbeats

unbound by hands of a clock trembling

reluctant to dress, undress layers — like every unraveling could hurt

these eyes — falling curtains peeled to the past

holding a secret salve within

my bleeding verses blooming bountiful in every direction

and I rewrite this poem in circles of blotting pain

as scabs of my dandelion wishes fall, fall, fall, hesitant to still

your coat and hat that dwindles on a corner stand, shedding lint

Stealthy like dust, you walk in and out all the time.
How do the most real relationships fail? :
By: Hrishav Singh Rajput
Tags: Breakups, Lovestory, Relationships, Love, Trust

Responsibilities :

Responsibilities play a vital role in grooming a relationship. Both the person should know their roles and duties. If only one person is trying harder to keep things alive and going he/she will expect some things in return. If the other person is just making benefits out of it, love fails.

Hiding things:

This is one of the major reasons why a relationship fails these days. Hiding things drag you far away from your partner. The more you hide things the more trust issues occur between you two and in the end things become so difficult that you give up on each other forgetting all the beautiful moments between you.

Sharing less :

Sharing is key to a happy relationship. When you share your both i.e.ups and downs with your partner it gives them more reasons to trust and understand you. But when you run away from sharing things the understanding between you both decreases. And if you fail to understand each other, your relationship fails to keep going any longer.

The give up nature :

When your relationship gets mature you see yourself with your partner forever. But when the relationship goes through a tough time instead of holding the bond tightly you run away from finding any solution for it even after knowing that your togetherness can end forever!

Blaming yourself for everything :

This might not sound like a reason but of course an important point to ruin a good relationship. A moment comes in every relationship when there are so many obstacles and for each obstacle you blame yourself. Even after knowing that you are right at your place you demand someone else's opinion and this weakens your confidence in your relationship.

By Hrishav Singh Rajput

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It’s Not What You Think
By: Louise Foerster
Tags: Breakups, Poetry, Poetry Sunday, Love, Dogs

Poetry Sunday

It’s Not What You Think

Tell me how you feel…I’ll still want to play with you.

Photo by Anfisa98 Durnovtceva98 on Unsplash

It hasn’t been the same.

Since…

You know.

The night when there was quiet yelling and polite battle,

When everyone knew this was the last time he was here with us.

Now that you’re awake, let’s go play.

First, give me something good to eat and then make your breakfast

And give me some of that, too.

Now that you’re not wet-faced, smile at me.

You can tell me all the things you think are wrong with the world.

Convince yourself I understand your sounds.

Pretend there’s something more than important than throwing my ball.

I will lick your tears from your cheeks,

Race you up the stairs (no fair running — my legs are powerful, but short),

Share bits of pretzel, gaze up at sky, and sigh over dark coming early.

It’s not what you think — it’s how you feel is what you tell friends.

If so, I am thinking happy because we are together, united in snow play,

Adventures we haven’t invented yet, but will because it’s fun

No thinking is needed to know what feels good,

That we belong together, you and me in mounds of white cold wonder.
LOVE IS A LIE
By: Anina Evans
Tags: Breakups, Poetry, Love Letters, Lovestory

You did this…breakup letter.

When I walk away from your love.

You will feel it, not like Ruffin though.

No regrets, no out of bounds and no fourth chances.

You are not worth the self-doubt.

Walking away from your love,

will be the best thing I do this year.

In the start of the new year,

there will be another to take your place.

I am accepting applications, open enrollment.

I am the drug; an addiction worse than morphine, and crystal meth.

You will want my high, you will crave it.

Unfortunately, you will have to chase me.

Only I can give you what you desire, and for lifetimes to come

we shall be no more.

I too am uncertain; I too do not trust you.

If you loved me the way I loved you,

I would have no doubts.

You are an Idiot savant.

Can you solve this problem?

Add that up and then subtract me out.

You should not be upset, have better tolerance.

A Goddess only comes once in a lifetime.

Should I want you, when I dance with Gods in the nights’ moonlight?

Should I even crave you like a pain pill or valium.

Complacency I do not believe in.

I wish you the best.

I wish you love and all the other bull,

that goes along with your happiness.

I hope you wish me the same, I doubt it.

I belong to you. You are such a kidder.

You place me on a shelf, a pedestal even.

High above the world, to be seen and not loved.

Not adorned for my perfection or loved in return.

Walking away will be best for the both of us.

I think highly of myself; since you do not.

Never looking back will be sudden and severe.

I have cold memories of what could have been.

I have passionate dreams of your death, one or million.