What Makes Relationships Break?

Imbalance.

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I do this thing where I surround myself with people with more and mirror until we are equal. And then I surpass the person who started out ahead.

Not many handle this well.

Being surpassed by someone who started out behind must not feel good. I don’t know because I’ve always been the one who started out behind.

Though most people choose to ignore I started out behind. Even though it’s also why they were drawn to me. I’m not a threat.

Ever since I skipped a grade at age nine, I’ve always been at least a year younger than my peers.

It wasn’t easy to fit into both the third and fourth grades when I was the only kid who shuttled between the two. Except on Wednesdays, when I was the lone student from the whole elementary school to be shuttled to a different school for gifted and talented education.

When I wasn’t learning how to get people to like me despite being a year younger (4th-grade classmates) or to keep people liking me even though I got special treat…