Every woman has such things. Not necessarily expensive. Not necessarily spectacular. But with the label "do not touch". Even if you are the love of my life, even if you know the password to my laptop and held my hand when I was sick.
I have a cup. Not some designer one, but a simple one, with a crack and a history. ☕ It cannot be washed in the dishwasher. It cannot be put anywhere. And you definitely cannot drink coffee with cream from it - only black, as she is used to. Because she is not just a cup. She is my ritual, my mood, my habit, which I hold on to when everything around me is going to hell.
I have a T-shirt. Stretched, with a faded print. 👕 Not in the gym, not outside - only at home, only in it can you lie in silence and "reboot". It is not for prying eyes. It is not for guests. It is for me. And this is not materialism. It is a boundary. Invisible, but very clear.
There are books that I reread only alone. 📖 The pages remember when I cried. When I laughed. When I looked for answers in them. No need to pull them out of the shelf, no need to ask why I need the same novel for the seventh time. Let them live where they are understood.
These are not whims. These are islands of control in a chaotic world. These are small things in which my emotions, my memory, my essence are intertwined. And let me share a lot - time, care, body, even thoughts. But there is such a "mine" that is better not to touch.
Not because I am greedy. But because this is what it is - my space. My inviolability. My quiet character in the details. And if you respect me, you feel it. 🧩
Mariangelez💋