exceptional tender_square it's not enough to be good or decent at something, there's this internal pressure to be the best—even if i'm only measuring against myself. a friend said to me a week ago, "we want to be amazing at everything, and that includes relationships, and it's tough for us when things don't work out that way." i grieve for the second marriage that never happened between he and i, knowing that i was the one who prevented it from beginning (though it may have very well been for my own protection). how can any relationship be exceptional when we're all fallible humans? 221219 what's it to you? who go blather from