I’m tired of seeing all of these unrealistic relationship standards on social media. “The best thing about this life is that I met you” “Me begging my girlfriend to send me pictures of her because she’s just so perfect” I’ve never met anyone perfect. There’s always something you fantasise being different in a person. What if she was a little more adventurous? What if she was less neurotic? What if she had bigger tits? That doesn’t mean she’s not beautiful or a wonderful person, there’s always some kind of beauty. But I’ve never met anyone I felt I could love

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I never wanted to have kids. But lately, I’ve been warming to the idea. The idea of making sacrifices for someone else. The idea of loving someone more than myself. The idea of caring for someone, of investing my entire existence into their success. Maybe it is through this ultimate sacrifice that one finally unlocks the secrets to love and happiness. But I also fear it. Not because of what I would have to give up, but because of the suffering that I might impose on them by creating a new human experience. No one chooses to be born, and

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