The Right Kind of Love

ailaellah
5 min read2 days ago

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Lost in the deep, found in each other. 💙🌊

When a man truly loves you, his actions will show it—without confusion, without hesitation. Love, in its purest form, does not leave you wondering. It does not make you feel like you are too much or not enough. It does not make you feel like an afterthought or like you have to beg for a place in his life.

Love is not a puzzle to be solved or a battle to be won. It is presence. It is effort. It is the quiet, unwavering choice to stay, over and over again.

And love, real love, often speaks the loudest in silence.

The Small Things That Mean Everything

Yesterday, he texted me during his business trip, even though he was in a place where the world barely reached him. A remote town, far away, where the signal flickered in and out like a heartbeat. He didn’t have a particular reason — he simply wanted to hear my voice. Maybe just for a second. Maybe just to remind himself that no matter how far he was, I was still here.

He wasn’t trying to impress me. There were no grand words or dramatic gestures. It was just a message, a simple act. But love is found in the smallest things, in the choices a person makes when no one is watching.

The day before yesterday, I sent him a message late at night, asking if he had fallen asleep. Instead of replying, he called me immediately. His voice was soft, warm, familiar.

“I was watching something,” he said. “But you’re more important.”

The movie could wait. The world could wait. And just like that, we stayed on the phone, letting the silence between us speak louder than words.

Outside, the city kept moving. The night stretched long and endless, the world spinning in its usual way. But for a moment, time slowed down. It was just us — two people in different places, connected by something unseen but undeniably real.

I smiled to myself, realizing that this is what love should feel like.

Not uncertainty. Not endless questions. But knowing. Knowing that even in the middle of his own world, he still makes space for me in it. Knowing that even when we are apart, I am never alone.

We are two small dots in the vastness of the universe, but somehow, we found each other.

🎶 “Even though the earth is a very small dot, you make it feel like it’s not..” 🎶

The Way He Loves Me

I think about the way he loves me — quietly, patiently, without force. Even in moments of conflict, he never raises his voice. He never lets anger replace love.

There was a day when I hurt him. I saw it in his eyes, the weight of my words settling deep inside him. And I asked, “Why aren’t you mad at me? Why aren’t you yelling?”

He exhaled, slow and steady, before answering in the softest voice:
“Because I love you more than my anger. How could I ever hate you?”

That moment changed something in me.

Love isn’t about winning. It isn’t about keeping score. It isn’t about holding onto pride or proving a point. Love is choosing kindness when it’s easier to be cruel. Love is understanding that no matter what, we are on the same side.

There are a thousand little things he does that tell me he loves me — things that don’t need to be said out loud. I feel it in the way he listens when I talk about the smallest, most insignificant details of my day. I see it in the way he notices when I’m tired, when I’m anxious, when I need him without even saying a word.

Love is not always loud. Sometimes, it is in the quiet sacrifices, in the presence that remains steady even in the storms.

The Wrong Kind of Love

I hope every woman finds a love like this — one that doesn’t make her question her worth, one that doesn’t leave her feeling alone even when she is in a relationship.

And if you don’t, I hope you have the courage to walk away, even when it hurts, even when you still love him.

I know how painful it is to love someone who doesn’t love you back. I know how it feels to be betrayed, to be cheated on, to be hurt by the very person you trusted the most.

I remember the weight of that night when I lost someone I once believed was “good,” only to realize — much later — that he was never truly good. I remember what it feels like to be loved only for my money, to be used, to be nothing more than a convenience in someone else’s life.

I remember crying myself to sleep, overwhelmed by the anger I had toward myself for falling into a love so hollow, so cruel.

I know the pain of being trapped in a love that was never real, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

That’s why I hope, more than anything, that you find the strength to walk away from anything that makes you feel less than what you are worth.

Because love should never be a prison. It should never make you feel like you have to beg to be treated right.

The Kind of Love I Deserve

I always remember how my father treated me — with kindness, with patience, with a love so pure that it shaped my understanding of what a man should be. He was more than just a good man; he was the best man I have ever known.

And so I remind myself: The man who stands beside me should be even better than my father. Not just good — but better. Not just loving — but right.

Because love should be kind. It should bring peace, not confusion. It should feel like coming home.

To find the right person, you must first be brave enough to leave the wrong one.

May every woman find a love that is steady, a partner who truly cares, and a relationship that doesn’t just feel like love — but feels like safety, warmth, home.

And may we all find someone who makes this earth — a very small dot — feel like it is not.

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