Dating in a pandemic has been one of the weirdest things. However, I think being broken up with during it was the cherry on top. Funny enough, my best friend and I were both in relationships during these tough times and the two of us went through a breakup within the same time frame as well.
Unfortunately, after a year of dating the same person, my relationship came to an end and was difficult to deal with aside from other things that were disturbing my life. Breakups are never easy, so I allowed myself to feel every emotion that I was feeling. However, it was hard to balance the grieving of a breakup with the amount of stress that a pandemic and online schooling has brought. Essentially, there were too many things going on at once, but knowing that my best friend was going through a very similar situation as I felt very reassuring and I didn’t feel alone.
What we’ve mostly learned from each other when going through hardships like these, is that we are both worthy of love and just because one person may not see it, doesn’t mean that someone else won’t. We’ve noticed that with each breakup or heartbreak that comes, it hurts less than the last because we now know how to cope with the hurt that it brings through experience. I’m super grateful that the two of us always have each other’s back and can be there for when the other is hurting. We cry it all out and vent, and eventually always end up laughing over these situations because we know that the universe has our back and we’ll get through it all. We’re both deserving of the best and will not accept anything less than the bare minimum in a relationship.
