Sometimes the loudest words are silence. We sat in silence. Not because there was nothing to talk about. But because there was no need to prove anything, explain, draw out or fill the pauses with non-existent topics.
You sat next to me. Simply. Confidently. Calmly. And I was in no hurry to become the "best version of myself." I didn't try to be smarter, more cheerful, thinner, deeper. I didn't check my hair in the reflection of my phone screen, I didn't sigh on purpose to attract attention. I didn't behave somehow "more correctly."
For the first time, I didn't play around with you. I didn't pretend to be a mystery. I didn't flirt out of calculation. I didn't pretend to be weaker. I was myself. Alive, imperfect, sometimes silent, tired, but real. 😊
You didn't ask stupid questions. You didn't wait for reports, you didn't look for hidden meanings. You were just there. Without playing. Without tension. Without excess. And it was more than the entire list of qualities of a "real man" from women's forums.
It seems to me that every woman dreams not of a "prince", but of that very man with whom you can be yourself. Without fear that he will leave if you don't make her laugh. Without tension that he will leave if you don't delight. Without masks.
A man who simply is. In the moment. In silence. In the depths. With whom it is not scary to be silent. Because this is not a pause - this is trust. 🤝
And if you think that you need to "do something special" for a woman to stay - no. Sometimes you just need to be the one with whom you don't need to pretend. This is already enough to want to stay. 💙
Natalia💋