DEAR FUTURE LOVE, – RIDHIMA BATRA

I want you to have a life outside of me and outside our relationship.

Try to enroll yourself in a yoga class.
Be a gym member.
Try pole dancing.
Go out with your friends.
Have time with your extended family.
Book a flight to a place where you want to go alone or with your other best friends.
Fall in love with any animal you like. Buy a fish, cat, or dog.
Read your favorite book if you have free time.
Fall in love with literature, paintings, and illustrations.
Go buy the clothes, shoes, bags, and accessories you’ve been eyeing for weeks.
Try to bungee jump or paraglide.
Be lazy on Sunday afternoon.
Don’t take showers on Saturday mornings.

I want you to do things alone with yourself.

I want you to have a life outside me.

I want you to have a life outside our relationship.

I want you to have a life outside us.

Have a life because I know, at the end of the day, we will always have a life together.

We have a life together but I want you to enjoy your life without me.

I want to share your magic,

your warmth,

your beauty,

your kindness,

your craziness,

your immaturity,

your flaws,

your imperfections and your heart to the world outside our world.

Because you don’t just deserve a life in us, but also a life in you.