27/01/2026
We sat at the kitchen table.
It was Sunday morning in summer, back ich 2020. The sun came through the window.
Everything looked the same as always. Safe. Normal. A little bit boring. But I had a secret.
For several months, I kept something heavy inside. It was a want. It felt big and scary. I thought, if he knows this truth, he might look at me different.
He might stop loving me. He might think I am weird or broken.
So I acted normal. I smiled when he talked about his job. I nodded when we planned dinner. But inside, I was carrying a heavy backpack full of rocks.
Every day, I added another rock. Another “no, I am fine” when really, I was not fine at all.
This happens to many couples. One of you hides your real wants because you fear the truth will break things.
Silence builds walls. You become roommates who share a couch, but not hearts. Alone together.
You say “someday” but someday turns into never. Those rocks get heavy.
That morning, back in Summer 202, I looked at his hands. They were warm hands. Kind hands. But I was scared. My heart beat fast.
My voice shook when I started talking. The words came out small and broken. I felt naked. I showed him the real me. Not the perfect me. The wanting me.
I stopped breathing. I waited for him to walk away. To say “that is weird.” To look at me like a stranger. But he did not.
He put down his tea cup. He reached across the table. He touched my ice cold fingers, totally nervous.
He looked into my eyes and said, “I am glad you told me. I want to know the real you.” And just like that, the backpack got lighter. I could breathe again.
We did not fix everything in one talk. But we stopped acting. We stopped playing a part. We started being real.
Being brave is not about being loud. It is about speaking when your voice shakes. It is about trusting love to hold all of you.
You carry a secret too, right? Today could be the day you set down the rocks. Say, “I need to tell you something.”
Let the truth sit between you like warm morning sun.
They will still love you. If not, you stop performing and start living. You get to be free.