Ele só está a ligar porque está bêbado e sozinho

Não atendas o telefone.

It’s the call you’ve been waiting for, isn’t it? It’s the sound you have heard ringing in your sleep for so many nights.

It’s your first look at your phone and the hope it’s his number—calling to apologize, to tell you he loves you and wants you back.

It’s him and all you’ve been waiting for and you’re fingers are itching to pick up, aren’t they?

Mas, antes de pegar, há algo que precisa de saber.

Quantas vezes é que ele te fez isto?

You’ve tried to move on so many times, but somehow he always gets in your way. Either he calls, texts, shows up, or you hear his name in your head and you drop everything.

You drop everything waiting for him to spread his arms and welcome you in his hugs, but it isn’t really happening how you’ve pictured it.

Ele consegue fazer-nos sentir como ninguém.

Because you gave him that much power. You’ve allowed him to become so important and you can’t help but want him.

Mas se se der a si própria uma semana para pensar nele sem que os seus sentimentos perturbem o seu julgamento, as coisas cristalizar-se-ão um pouco.

You’d see he isn’t as special as you thought. He isn’t even average, but you made him perfect and #1. That’s what you do—you give people much more credit than they deserve.

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Mas esquecem-se sempre do jogador que ele é.

See, whenever he rings you up, you’re the first to show up. You’re like those duty officers that are first to arrive at the crime scene.

But, honestly and harshly, that’s all you’ll ever be. There is no higher position for you in his police station.

Don’t let him in.

He is not calling because he’s taking you seriously this time. He’s not calling because he knows you’re worthy. He’s not calling because he wants you to get back together.

Ele está a telefonar porque precisa de si como um parasita precisa de outra vida para se alimentar. Ele precisa que tomem conta dele, que o amem e que cuidem dele. Ele precisa do seu amor, da sua generosidade e dos seus olhos quentes.

He needs to not be alone now when everybody else has left him. He’s calling because he’s drunk and he’s alone. It’s the same story all over again.

You shouldn’t be flattered by the guy who calls you only when he’s drunk. No, it doesn’t mean he loves you.

It means he just needs you, and you’re the only person he knows who will pick up the phone.

Instead, you should be flattered with a grown-ass man who’s not afraid to call you when he’s sober, treat you right, and dar-vos o amor que merecem.

You’re constantly preventing yourself from getting over him.

Cada vez que ele telefona, o teu coração salta uma batida. Cada vez que vês o nome dele no teu ecrã, apetece-te gritar de alegria.

He doesn’t deserve it. Remember how many nights you have spent dry-heaving out of desire for him?

Quantas vezes te deitaste no chão a desejar que a dor desaparecesse e que nunca o tivesses conhecido? Quantas vezes quiseste apagá-lo da tua memória?

E, no entanto, basta um telefonema dele para nos fazer esquecer toda a dor e todas as lágrimas de arrependimento que deixámos cair por ele.

Alguém tem de vos dizer que a prática leva à perfeição.

Pode ser que agora não o apanhe, mas mais tarde ele será apenas um nome aleatório no ecrã.

I promise he won’t know you wanted and waited for him to call. He won’t know how much you miss him. Nobody will ever tell him how much you’re hurting.

But he’ll think you’re doing just fine without him and that there is no place for him in your life. Eventually, it will be so. He doesn’t need to know it’s different now.

Depois, he’ll realize what has he lost. He’ll be aware that he treated you the way nobody should ever be treated and he’ll regret all the times he ignored you, manipulated you, and made you feel bad about yourself.

He’ll keep calling the only person who loved him for who he was, but you’ll just let it ring.

Because, sooner or later, there will be somebody who’ll treat you better than him.

There will be somebody who’ll give you the love you deserve—and it’s not him.

He doesn’t deserve to hear your voice.