Quietly Yours

Quietly Yours feelings i never planned to feel for someone i never expected to loveโ™ฅ๏ธโœจ๐Ÿ’ฏโœ๐Ÿป
soft confessions | quiet love | real emotions

๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ‘€ Weโ€™ll save this post and be back here in 40 days. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž. Whoโ€™ll be the ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ? โœจYour call in commen...
11/06/2026

๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ‘€ Weโ€™ll save this post and be back here in 40 days. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž. Whoโ€™ll be the ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ? โœจ

Your call in comments. See you on July 20. ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐จ! ๐ŸŒŽ

07/05/2026

i want to check in with you today and actually mean it... ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒธ not as a caption... not as content... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ’โœจ but as something one person says to another when they genuinely want to know... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ช๐ŸŒน how are you actually doing... ๐Ÿ’ž๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ’ซ not the version you share when someone asks in passing... ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐ŸŒฑ but the real version that lives behind the one you've been presenting all along... โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ‡ because i've noticed that the people who always say they're fine are often the ones who need to be asked most carefully and i want this to be a space where you don't have to be fine if you're not... ๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿช„ where the honest answer is welcome even if it's complicated and doesn't resolve neatly... ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’‘ because i think we've all been performing okay for long enough... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿงกโœ๐Ÿฝ and the relief of just setting that down for a moment... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿซ€๐ŸŒน even briefly... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒธ even just in your own chest where no one can see it... ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜ช is something you actually deserve today... ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒน๐ŸŽ‡ not as a reward for surviving but just because you're human and that's enough reason

โ€” quietlyyours

06/05/2026

i'm giving myself permission to be unmended today... ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ข๐ŸŒธ not in a dramatic way... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฅบโœจ just in the honest quiet way of not pretending to be further along than i actually am... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ช๐ŸŒน because i've spent a lot of sundays performing a version of rest that looked peaceful from the outside... ๐Ÿ’ž๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ’ซ while on the inside i was still running through everything that hurt during the week... ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐ŸŒฑ and today i just want to stop performing it... โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ‡ i want to sit with what's actually true... ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐ŸŒ„ not what i wish were true or what i'm working towards... ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒธ just what is real right now in this moment... ๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿช„ and if what's real right now is that i'm still carrying something heavy... ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’‘ then i'm going to carry it honestly today instead of hiding it under busyness... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿงกโœ๐Ÿฝ and if you need permission to do the same... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿซ€๐ŸŒน here it is... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒธ you don't have to have it together today... ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜ช you don't have to be a better version of yourself by monday... ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒน๐ŸŽ‡ you just have to be honest with yourself today... and that is more than enough

โ€” quietlyyours

06/05/2026

some nights the loneliness doesn't feel like an absence of people... ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ข๐ŸŒธ it feels like an absence of being known... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฅบโœจ like being surrounded by people who see a version of you that is just close enough to the real thing to be exhausting to maintain... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ช๐ŸŒน and some nights i've sat in a room full of warm and genuine people... ๐Ÿ’ž๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ’ซ and felt completely invisible in the most specific and quiet way... ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐ŸŒฑ not because anyone was unkind... โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ‡ but because there's a version of me that nobody in that room had ever been given access to... ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐ŸŒ„ and i had kept it that way... ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒธ because the version that gets to stay hidden is also the version that can't be rejected... ๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿช„ and i want to say to you directly... ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’‘ if this kind of loneliness is familiar to you... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿงกโœ๐Ÿฝ the kind that has nothing to do with being alone... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿซ€๐ŸŒน i understand it more than i can explain... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒธ and it's okay to want to be seen fully... ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜ช not just loved from a safe and partial distance... ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒน๐ŸŽ‡ but actually known... in all the complicated and unfinished and quiet parts of you

โ€” quietlyyours

06/05/2026

i've spent more time being strong for other people than i have being honest about how i actually feel... ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒธ and i say that not to make anyone feel guilty... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ’โœจ but because i chose it every single time... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ช๐ŸŒน i was the one who said i'm fine before anyone asked... ๐Ÿ’ž๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ’ซ i was the one who redirected the conversation away from myself... ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐ŸŒฑ i was the one who decided that my pain was less urgent than whatever someone else was going through... โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ‡ and over time that became a kind of disappearing... ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐ŸŒ„ a slow quiet vanishing into the background of other people's lives... ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒธ and i'm telling you this because i think some of you are doing the same thing right now... ๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿช„ carrying everything alone while being fully present for everyone around you... ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’‘ and i want to say very directly... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿงกโœ๐Ÿฝ your pain is not less important because it's quiet... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿซ€๐ŸŒน the people who hold everything together still deserve to be held sometimes... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒธ you are allowed to be the one who needs something tonight... ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜ช you don't have to earn that by being useful first

โ€” quietlyyours

05/05/2026

there was a night i sat alone with everything i had been carrying and finally let myself feel the full weight of it... ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ข๐ŸŒธ i hadn't planned to... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฅบโœจ i was just going to make tea and go to sleep and get through another day of being fine... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ช๐ŸŒน but something in me refused to cooperate that night... ๐Ÿ’ž๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ’ซ and all of it just came out at once in the quiet of a room that had no audience... ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐ŸŒฑ and what surprised me most was how much i'd been holding without realising the shape of it... โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ‡ how heavy it had become under all that performing okay... ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐ŸŒ„ and i want you to know that if you've been fine for a very long time... ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒธ if fine has started to feel like the only thing you're allowed to be... ๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿช„ there is nothing weak about the night it stops working... ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’‘ there is nothing shameful about the moment the weight finally announces itself... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿงกโœ๐Ÿฝ that moment is not a breakdown... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿซ€๐ŸŒน it is your body finally trusting you enough to put something down... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒธ and the putting down is the beginning of something... ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜ช even if it doesn't feel like anything except exhaustion at first

โ€” quietlyyours

04/05/2026

the love i actually want is so simple it almost embarrassed me to admit it for a long time... ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ข๐ŸŒธ i don't need grand gestures or performances or love that knows how to make an entrance... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฅบโœจ i just want someone who chooses me on the quiet ordinary days... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ช๐ŸŒน who texts back not because they're supposed to but because talking to me is genuinely something they want to do... ๐Ÿ’ž๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ’ซ who notices when i go a little quiet and doesn't panic but also doesn't pretend not to notice... ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐ŸŒฑ who stays in the room when things are uncomfortable instead of finding somewhere else to be... โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ‡ who makes me feel like my presence is something they're glad for... ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐ŸŒ„ not something they're managing or maintaining... ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒธ i want you to know that wanting simple love is not settling... ๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿช„ it is actually the most sophisticated thing i've learned to want... ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’‘ because simple love requires real consistency... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿงกโœ๐Ÿฝ and real consistency requires someone who has genuinely decided on you... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿซ€๐ŸŒน not someone who is still deciding... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒธ not someone who keeps you close while keeping their options open... ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜ช just someone who is here... ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒน๐ŸŽ‡ quietly and completely here

โ€” quietlyours

04/05/2026

i never knew how to receive love that arrived without conditions... ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ˜ข the kind that just showed up consistently and asked for nothing complicated in return... ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒน and when it came i would examine it until i found the catch... ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿซ โœจ because in my experience everything that felt this good eventually revealed a cost i hadn't budgeted for... โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ช๐ŸŒ… so instead of receiving it i would hold it at a careful distance while pretending to hold it close... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿฆ‹ and the person offering it could probably feel the gap even when i smiled and looking back i think the saddest version of love i've ever practiced... is the one where something genuinely beautiful was right in front of me and i spent the whole time bracing for it to turn into something painful.๐Ÿ˜ญ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿช„ so i want to tell you something directly tonight... ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’‘ if someone is loving you steadily and simply๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿงกโœ๐Ÿฝ without drama and without keeping score... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿซ€๐ŸŒน please try to let it land... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒธ not every good thing is hiding something๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜ช some things are just genuinely... quietly... exactly what they appear to be

โ€” quietlyours

04/05/2026

i think the deepest thing i was ever afraid of was wanting something so much that losing it would ruin me๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ˜ข so i then developed this habit of holding things loosely before they are even mine๐Ÿ’โœจ๐Ÿ˜ช of loving people with one hand slightly open๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ“ of protecting myself from the full weight of what i actually felt by pretending it is lighter than it is and the exhausting irony of it is that it never actually protected me from anything... ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿฆ‹ i still lost the things i held loosely๐Ÿ’‹๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’‘ i just lost them without ever having fully had them in the first place.โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐ŸŒ„ and i've had to sit with that particular kind of regret for a while ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’• the regret of not allowing myself to want something completely๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŽ‡ of arriving at every beautiful thing already half-prepared to leave it๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿซ€โœ๐Ÿฝ and i want you to know that wanting something deeply is not reckless... ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ˜ด๐Ÿ’– it is the most honest thing a heart can do๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿช„ and you deserve to want things fully... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ’๐ŸŒน without the exit strategy already installed before the door has even opened๐Ÿฅบ

โ€” quietlyours

02/05/2026

i've noticed that i say sorry far too often for things that aren't my fault... ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒธ sorry for taking up space in a room... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ’โœจ sorry for having a feeling that someone else finds inconvenient... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ช๐ŸŒน sorry for needing something that requires a little effort from another person... ๐Ÿ’ž๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ’ซ and i've been doing it so long it doesn't even feel like apologising anymore... ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐ŸŒฑ it just feels like the thing you do to keep the peace and lower the tension... โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ‡ but every unnecessary sorry is quietly teaching something to the part of me that's listening... ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ˜ฟ๐ŸŒ„ it's teaching me that my presence is a problem that needs to be softened... ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒธ that i owe people comfort for simply existing near them... ๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ๐Ÿช„ and i want to stop... ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’‘ not in a hard or defensive way... ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿงกโœ๐Ÿฝ but in the quiet honest way of just... not apologising for being here anymore... ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿซ€๐ŸŒน and i want you to hear that too if you recognise it in yourself... ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ด๐ŸŒธ you don't owe anyone an apology for taking up space... ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜ช you are allowed to simply be present... ๐Ÿ’”๐ŸŒน๐ŸŽ‡ without explaining or justifying the fact that you're here

โ€” quietlyours

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