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Jun 27, 2025
Matt thought he’d found forever when he married his high school sweetheart — until her mother made him feel like an outsider in his own home. For 3 years, he cooked, cleaned, and stayed quiet… until one birthday cake and a slap changed everything. In this heartbreaking but inspiring true story, we dive into a journey of betrayal, emotional abuse, and ultimately, self-liberation. If you've ever felt unseen, disrespected, or stuck in a toxic dynamic — this one’s for you. 🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to Sleeping Reddit Pills for more real-life stories that stay with you long after the lights go out. 💬 Drop a comment: Have you ever had to walk away from someone you loved for your own peace? #RealStories #FamilyDrama #RedditStories #Narration #Storytime #SleepingRedditPills
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hey folks it's Jake your host for
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Sleeping Reddit Pills today I've got a
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story that's going to hit you right in
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the gut it's about a guy named Matt a
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regular dude who thought he'd found his
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happily ever after only to learn the
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hard way what it means to stand up for
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himself this one's about love betrayal
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and finding your own strength so settle
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in maybe grab a drink and let's dive
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into Matt's story matt was a 24year-old
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guy living in Austin Texas with big
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dreams and a heart full of hope he just
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married his high school sweetheart Sarah
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and was pumped to build a life together
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matt worked as a graphic designer for a
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tech startup pulling in a decent
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paycheck that covered most of their
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bills sarah a part-time barista with a
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knack for painting brought her own
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creative spark to their relationship
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they were a team or so Matt thought
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ready to take on the world but the
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moment he stepped into Sarah's family
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home things started to shift in ways he
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never expected sarah's mom Diane was the
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kind of woman who could charm a room
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with a smile but turned cold as ice when
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it suited her when Sarah was around
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Diane was all warmth calling Matt son
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and gushing about how lucky her daughter
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was to have him but the second Sarah
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left the room Diane's mask slipped she'd
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toss out little digs matt you're home
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early why don't you fix that squeaky
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door or Sarah's working so hard at the
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coffee shop maybe you could help out
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more around here it wasn't about the
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chores it was about control diane didn't
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like that Matt earned more than Sarah in
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her mind a man's job was to provide sure
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but a woman's job was to run the house
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no matter what else she had going on
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matt being the laid-back guy he was
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tried to brush it off he'd come home
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after a long day designing logos whip up
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dinner for the three of them only for
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Diane to pick it apart "this pasta's a
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bit overcooked don't you think?" she'd
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say her voice dripping with fake
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sweetness
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or he'd spend his Saturday mowing the
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lawn only for Diane to point out a patch
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he'd missed "it was relentless
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sarah would tell him to ignore her mom
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saying "She's just old school you know
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how she is." But Sarah never called
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Diane out never stood up for Matt that
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stung more than he let on for 3 years
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Matt tried to make it work he'd tell
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himself "This is marriage you got to
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roll with the punches." He loved Sarah
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and he wanted to believe they could
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build a life together even with Diane's
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constant jabs
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he'd spend his evenings cooking cleaning
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running errands anything to keep the
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peace he'd rush home from work to make
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sure dinner was ready before Diane could
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complain or he'd spend his weekends
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fixing things around the house hoping it
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had earned him a shred of respect but
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every snide comment from Diane every
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time Sarah stayed quiet it chipped away
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at him he felt like he was drowning in a
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house that was supposed to be his home
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matt wasn't perfect of course sometimes
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he'd snap back try to defend himself but
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Diane had a way of twisting things
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making him feel like he was overreacting
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once when he pointed out he'd already
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cleaned the kitchen Diane sighed
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dramatically and said "I just don't know
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why you're so sensitive Matt."
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Sarah sitting right there just shrugged
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and changed the subject it was like he
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was invisible his feelings dismissed as
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if they didn't matter
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over time Matt started to doubt himself
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maybe he was too sensitive maybe he
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wasn't doing enough he pushed those
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thoughts down but they nawed at him
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making him feel smaller every day the
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breaking point came on Matt's 25th
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birthday he'd been looking forward to it
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for weeks hoping for a day that would
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remind him why he was fighting so hard
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for this life
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he kept it simple just him Sarah and
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Diane for a quiet dinner at home
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matt went all out stringing up fairy
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lights in the dining room grilling
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steaks and even baking a chocolate cake
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from scratch Sarah's favorite
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he spent hours getting the frosting just
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right piping little swirls to make it
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special he set the table with care
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making sure Diane's favorite chair was
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front and center he wasn't trying to
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outshine anyone he just wanted to show
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they could all get along maybe even feel
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like a family the evening started off
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okay diane even said "Matt you clean up
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nice," which was about as close to a
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compliment as he ever got from her he
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dared to hope they might have a real
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family moment
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sarah seemed in a good mood laughing
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about a funny customer at the coffee
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shop matt let himself relax thinking
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"Maybe this is it maybe we're turning a
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corner." But when it was time to cut the
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cake things went south
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diane was glued to her phone scrolling
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through who knows what and Sarah was
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distracted texting a friend matt didn't
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want to seem pushy so he asked "Hey
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Diane should we wait for you to finish
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up?" Diane waved him off without looking
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up "go ahead Matt don't wait on me," she
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said her tone flat like she couldn't
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care less "so Matt picked up the knife
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flashed a smile at Sarah and started
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slicing the cake he'd barely made the
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first cut when Diane shot up from her
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chair her face red with rage "how dare
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you cut that cake without asking me?"
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she shouted loud enough to make Sarah
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jump "matt froze the knife still in his
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hand." "But you just told me to go
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ahead," he said his voice shaking with
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confusion he looked at Sarah hoping
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she'd back him up but she just stared at
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her plate before Matt could say another
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word Diane reached across the table
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grabbed a fistful of the cake he'd spent
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hours on and flung it at him the
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frosting hit his shirt his face his hair
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smearing across his cheek like a slap
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then as if that wasn't enough Diane
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stormed around the table and slapped him
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for real her hand cracking across his
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cheek with a sting that echoed through
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the room the pain wasn't just physical
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it was the humiliation the shock the
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betrayal of being attacked in his own
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home the room went dead quiet matt stood
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there his face burning chocolate
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frosting sliding down his chin his heart
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pounding in his chest he turned to Sarah
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his wife the woman he'd vowed to spend
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his life with
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"sarah," he said his voice barely
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holding together "are you really going
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to let this happen?" He waited praying
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she'd stand up for him tell Diane she'd
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crossed a line
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but Sarah just sighed ran her fingers
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through her hair and said "Matt why do
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you always have to make a scene you know
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how mom gets she's sensitive matt felt
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like the floor had dropped out from
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under him." A scene he'd been humiliated
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attacked in his own home on his birthday
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and somehow he was the one making a
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scene
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diane stood there arms crossed a smug
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look on her face like she'd won some
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kind of battle sarah didn't even look at
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him in that moment Matt realized
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something this wasn't just about a
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ruined birthday this was his life day
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after day year after year trying to
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please people who didn't respect him
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he'd been bending over backward losing
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pieces of himself and for what a family
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that didn't see him as family that night
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Matt lay in bed staring at the ceiling
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the scene replaying in his head the slap
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the frosting Sarah's words he couldn't
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cry couldn't even get mad all he felt
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was this deep hollow sadness like he'd
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lost something he wasn't sure he'd ever
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had
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he thought about the past 3 years the
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endless chores the snide comments the
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way Sarah's silence cut deeper than
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Diane's words
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he thought about the times he'd tried to
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talk to Sarah about it only for her to
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brush him off with that's just how mom
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is he thought about the nights he'd
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stayed up late working on designs to
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afford the house they all lived in only
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to be treated like he didn't belong
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there by the time the sun came up Matt
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knew he couldn't stay
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this wasn't about one fight or one bad
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night it was about years of being
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treated like he didn't matter of giving
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everything he had to a family that
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didn't give a damn so he packed a bag
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grabbed his laptop a few clothes and his
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sketchbook and walked out no yelling no
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big speech no note for the first time in
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years Matt chose himself leaving wasn't
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easy matt rented a tiny studio apartment
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downtown barely big enough for a bed and
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a desk the walls were bare the fridge
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was empty and the silence was deafening
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the first few weeks were brutal he kept
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checking his phone half expecting Sarah
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to call to apologize to say she'd made a
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mistake he'd lie awake at night
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wondering if he'd done the right thing
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if he could have tried harder to make it
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work but the days turned into weeks and
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the silence from Sarah was louder than
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any words could have been at first it
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hurt like hell but it also lit a fire in
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him he was done living for other people
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matt threw himself into his work taking
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on freelance design projects to keep the
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bills paid and his mind occupied
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he started running in the mornings
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jogging along the Colorado River the
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fresh air clearing his head he'd always
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loved art but between work and keeping
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Diane happy he'd barely had time to draw
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so he signed up for a local art class at
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a community center figuring it would be
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a way to fill his evenings
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that's where he met a group of folks who
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changed everything people who loved
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creating just like him there was Emma a
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photographer with a wicked sense of
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humor carlos a painter who could talk
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about comics for hours and Aisha a
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sculptor who always brought snacks to
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class they weren't just classmates they
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became his crew slowly Matt's apartment
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started to feel less like a lonely box
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and more like a home he hung up his
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sketches on the walls picked up a
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secondhand couch from a thrift store and
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even bought a couple of plants he
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jokingly called his kids
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he started cooking for himself again not
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out of obligation but because he wanted
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to simple stuff like tacos or stir fry
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but it felt good to take care of himself
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the emptiness that had weighed him down
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began to lift replaced by a sense of
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possibility he wasn't just surviving
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anymore he was building something new
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over the next three years Matt became a
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man he barely recognized at 28 he was
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killing it at work leading design
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projects for major clients and even
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getting his work featured in a local
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magazine his art class turned into a
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tight-knit group of friends who'd meet
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up for coffee movie nights or
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spontaneous road trips one weekend they
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piled into Carlos's beatup van and drove
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to Big Bend National Park they hiked
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through the desert camped under a sky
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full of stars and sang off key to old
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rock songs around a campfire
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matt laughed harder than he had in years
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his sides aching as Emma told a
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ridiculous story about her cat for the
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first time since he'd left he felt truly
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free no Diane's voice in his head no
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Sarah's silence haunting him matt
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started exploring Austin in a way he
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never had before he'd spend weekends at
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local markets sketching vendors selling
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handmade jewelry or musicians playing on
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street corners he discovered a love for
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live music hitting up venues on Sixth
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Street to hear indie bands or jazz
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quartets he even tried his hand at
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pottery which let's be honest was a
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total disaster his first bowl looked
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more like a lumpy pancake but he laughed
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it off with his friends he was living
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for himself and it felt damn good he
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also started therapy something he'd
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never considered before talking to
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someone helped him unpack the years of
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feeling like he wasn't enough he learned
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to set boundaries to recognize his worth
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didn't come from what he could do for
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others
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he started saying no to things that
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didn't serve him like taking on extra
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work when he was already swamped or
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agreeing to plans he didn't really want
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it was liberating like shedding a skin
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he'd outgrown then one evening as Matt
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was sketching in his apartment his phone
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buzzed the name on the screen stopped
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him cold sarah he hadn't heard from her
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in three years his thumb hovered over
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the answer button a flood of old
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emotions rushing back love anger hurt
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hope against his better judgment he
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picked up matt sarah's voice cracked
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through the phone nothing like the
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confident tone he remembered i need you
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she sounded desperate broken "mom's
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gone," she said her words catching "she
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passed last week the house is a mess i'm
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a mess i've lost everything matt please
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come back." Matt's heart thudded in his
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chest for a moment he was back in that
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dining room frosting on his face Sarah's
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words cutting deeper than Diane's slap
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"i've changed," Sarah went on her voice
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pleading "i know I screwed up i let mom
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treat you like garbage and I didn't stop
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her i miss you Matt we can start over
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build something new please matt closed
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his eyes the weight of her words
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pressing against him part of him wanted
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to believe her to think they could go
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back and fix it all he remembered the
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good times the late night talks with
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Sarah the way she'd laugh at his
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terrible puns the way they dreamed of a
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future together
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but then he remembered the bad the way
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Diane's hand stung his cheek the way
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Sarah looked away the years he spent
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trying to prove he was enough
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he thought about the life he'd built
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since then the friends who'd become his
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family the nights he'd spent
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rediscovering himself he took a deep
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breath and said "No Sarah i'm not coming
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back i'm not your fix it guy you made
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your choice 3 years ago and I've made
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mine." There was a long silence on the
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other end
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he could hear her breathing could feel
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the heaviness of the moment
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"i've spent 3 years rebuilding my life,"
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he said his voice steady "learning to
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love myself after everything you and
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your mom put me through i'm not throwing
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that away just because you're hurting
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now you need to figure this out on your
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own." "But I've changed," Sarah
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whispered barely audible "maybe you
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have," Matt said but it doesn't change
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what happened i don't need you anymore
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Sarah i've moved on you should too when
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he hung up Matt didn't feel regret or
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sadness he felt free like a weight he'd
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carried for years had finally lifted he
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wasn't angry at Sarah or Diane anymore
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he wasn't even hurt he was just done for
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the first time he saw his life for what
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it was a life he'd built brick by brick
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on his own terms
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he walked over to his sketchbook picked
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up a pencil and started drawing the
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lines flowing easily like his thoughts
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he wasn't drawing to escape anymore he
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was drawing to create after that call
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Matt felt a clarity he'd never known it
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wasn't just about saying no to Sarah it
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was about saying yes to himself for
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years he'd tied his worth to what he
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could do for others how much he could
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take without breaking but now he saw his
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strength differently not in what he
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could endure but in what he could create
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his apartment once a lonely studio was
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now a cozy sanctuary filled with his
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sketches plants and a record player he'd
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splurged on after a big freelance gig
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he'd even started collecting vinyl
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hunting for rare jazz records at local
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shops his job wasn't just a paycheck
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anymore it was a career he loved
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designing campaigns that made people
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stop and think matt started traveling
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something he'd always wanted to do but
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never had the chance he took solo trips
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to places like New Orleans where he
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wandered the French Quarter eating
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beignes and sketching street musicians
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he spent a weekend in San Antonio
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exploring the Riverwalk and eating way
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too many tacos he joined his art class
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friends for a group trip to Colorado
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where they hiked through snowy mountains
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and laughed until their sides hurt over
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a campfire
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one night as they sat under the stars
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Aisha handed him a beer and said "You're
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different now Matt happier it's good to
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see." He grinned clinking his bottle
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against hers and realized she was right
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his life wasn't just about big moments
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though it was the small ones that meant
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the most lazy Sundays spent reading
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graphic novels on his couch impromptu
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game nights with his friends where Emma
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always cheated at Uno
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coffee runs with Carlos where they'd
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debate the best superhero movies over
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lattes
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these were the moments that filled his
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days with joy the moments that reminded
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him he was enough on his 28th birthday
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Matt decided to throw a party not to
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prove anything not to please anyone else
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but because he wanted to celebrate
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himself he invited his art class crew
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plus a few co-workers who'd become
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friends they showed up with pizza beer
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and a playlist of his favorite songs
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everything from Nirvana to Billy Isish
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emma and Aisha strung up fairy lights in
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his apartment just like he'd done 3
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years ago but this time the vibe was
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different it was warm alive full of
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laughter
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carlos brought a piñata shaped like a
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taco which they all took turns whacking
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until candy spilled everywhere when it
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was time to cut the cake a lopsided
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vanilla masterpiece he'd baked himself
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everyone gathered around cheering like
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he'd just won an Oscar
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matt stood there knife in hand grinning
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like a kid he thought back to that night
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3 years ago when Diane's slap and
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Sarah's silence broke him but instead of
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pain he felt gratitude
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that night had pushed him to walk away
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to find the courage to start over it
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wasn't easy but it was worth it every
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step every struggle every moment of
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doubt had led him here to a room full of
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people who saw him who loved him who
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made him feel like he belonged as he
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looked around at his friends his real
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family he realized something profound
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he didn't need Sarah Diane or anyone
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else to make him whole he'd spent years
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trying to earn their approval but now he
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knew his worth didn't come from them it
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came from within
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matt had built a life he loved not
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because it was easy but because he'd
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chosen himself he'd learned to trust his
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gut to set boundaries to let go of
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people who didn't deserve a place in his
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heart and that folks was the greatest
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it until next time keep finding your own
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