Nothing and nobody makes a person unfaithful but that person.
( and if she sounds bitter - if she smiles a little oddly, a twist to it that isn't terribly kind - then maybe ilde knows what she's talking about. on that particular subject. elizabeth's already drawn her own conclusions about the paternity of the third, undiscussed child in those pictures; she's not wrong. the truth is complex, but in the simplest way, she is not wrong. even in the complex way, frankly. )
Not a crown, and not a particular person. It's just a choice. That's the thing. You can't make yourself be enough for somebody-- if he's not faithful, if he isn't going to be faithful, then that's not got anything to do with you. You can't fix that by being better. You're not the problem.
People make choices. You only get to be in charge of yours.
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( and if she sounds bitter - if she smiles a little oddly, a twist to it that isn't terribly kind - then maybe ilde knows what she's talking about. on that particular subject. elizabeth's already drawn her own conclusions about the paternity of the third, undiscussed child in those pictures; she's not wrong. the truth is complex, but in the simplest way, she is not wrong. even in the complex way, frankly. )
Not a crown, and not a particular person. It's just a choice. That's the thing. You can't make yourself be enough for somebody-- if he's not faithful, if he isn't going to be faithful, then that's not got anything to do with you. You can't fix that by being better. You're not the problem.
People make choices. You only get to be in charge of yours.