Prefiro ficar solteiro do que contentar-me com menos do que mereço

When you’ve been put through hell by different people, when people who should’ve loved you chose not to, when you gave all of yourself to someone but it still didn’t work out, you, too, will be able to observe single life as I do.

Ser solteiro é assustador e, muitas vezes, pode ser solitário.

Being single most definitely isn’t for everyone, but everyone should try to walk alone for a while in life and use that alone time to learn how good it feels to be master of your own life.

Cada um deve escolher ser solteiro durante um curto ou longo período de tempo para se aperceber do seu verdadeiro valor.

A lot of people are too scared to walk through life single. But I’m more scared of falling for someone who doesn’t deserve me.

I’m scared to give my best to someone who doesn’t know what to do with it.

I’m scared to devote my time or a large period of my life to someone with whom it was never gonna work out.

And most of all, I’m scared to love someone who will destroy me. I don’t want to fall for someone who’s toxic and not see it.

I’m scared to lose myself to such a person, and that’s why I’d always choose the single life over giving myself to someone who doesn’t deserve me.

When you choose to be single, when you refuse to give someone else the power to determine your worth, when you truly decide to get on good terms with yourself, only then you’ll be able to feel good in your single skin.

Only then you’ll be able to see all the perks of a single life.

Uma vida de solteiro é para aqueles que ainda estão à procura de si próprios.

Nem todas as pessoas se encontram ao mesmo tempo que o resto da geração a que pertencem. Alguns precisam de mais tempo. Eu sou um desses.

Preciso de mais tempo. Recuso-me a stressar por não descobrir o que quero ser ou por não me sair tão bem como o resto dos meus amigos.

My time is yet to come, but I will not miss it because I’m too preoccupied trying to be someone else.

I’ll meet it by trying to ser a melhor versão de mim próprio e descobrir o que é que eu quero na vida.

Uma vida de solteiro é para aqueles cujo amor se esgotou. Para pessoas como eu. Para aqueles que amaram demasiado e com demasiada força e ficaram destroçados.

That’s why I choose to be single.

I choose to repair my broken heart on my own. I choose to give myself enough time to process what went wrong and to realize how to love because I’ve been taught how não para amar por alguém que eu mais amava.

Uma vida de solteiro é para aqueles que escolhem ser egoístas com quem acolhem nas suas vidas.

At some point, you’re gonna have to put an end to welcoming toxic people into your life. That’s exactly what I’m doing now.

I’m through with giving all of me to those who wouldn’t move their fingers for me.

I’m learning how to only give a spot in my life to those people who deserve it. I know this lesson will take some time, but luckily, I have plenty of it.

Uma vida de solteiro é para aqueles que sabem o que merecem.

Only then being single make sense. Only then do you have a clear image of what you want—the rest is just wandering around.

A single life is for those who know their worth and choose to wait for someone who’ll be able to see it too.

I’d rather choose to be single than to settle for less than I deserve.

I’d rather choose to spend my nights alone than with someone who doesn’t appreciate me, who treats me less than I am and someone who’s with me just because I’m convenient.

Acredito verdadeiramente que as pessoas merecem ser amadas.

I believe we all deserve to have someone who’s gonna kiss us goodnight, someone who’ll ask us how our day was and someone who’ll bring us some chocolate in bed with flowers on the plate when we’re having a bad day.

Acredito que todos nós merecemos alguém que se preocupe, respeite e nos ame verdadeiramente.

We all deserve someone who’s gonna invest his time in us, someone who will make it seem that loving us is the easiest thing in this world and someone who’ll make sense out of bad things that happen to us.

Qualquer outra coisa é contentarmo-nos com menos do que merecemos.

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So, I’ll choose a single life over settling for less any time.

I am the only one that can determine my worth and if I don’t do it, there will be someone less competent who hasn’t been there my whole life and has no idea what I’ve been through to do it for me.

And that’s something I can’t allow.

Dizem que aceitamos o amor que achamos que merecemos e aqui estou eu a recusar-me a contentar-me com menos.

Because if I’m going to be a whole human being, that’s exactly what I expect in return.

There is no settling for half of a man or someone who doesn’t deserve me.