[ in hindsight, that sounds truly dismissive to say, so charles amends: ]
I'm not disappointed, Scott. Not in you or him. I have placed [ an unbearably high standard for everyone to meet, simply because they are standards i hold myself against ] a lot of pressure on many people in my life, and Erik is as steadfast in his beliefs as I am with mine.
Respecting one another as equals often means knowing where our boundaries are. He honours mine, and I his.
[ which means erik doesn't stay, and charles doesn't go to him. adulthood is very complicated. ]
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[ in hindsight, that sounds truly dismissive to say, so charles amends: ]
I'm not disappointed, Scott. Not in you or him. I have placed [ an unbearably high standard for everyone to meet, simply because they are standards i hold myself against ] a lot of pressure on many people in my life, and Erik is as steadfast in his beliefs as I am with mine.
Respecting one another as equals often means knowing where our boundaries are. He honours mine, and I his.
[ which means erik doesn't stay, and charles doesn't go to him. adulthood is very complicated. ]