Humans logo
Content warning
This story may contain sensitive material or discuss topics that some readers may find distressing. Reader discretion is advised. The views and opinions expressed in this story are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Vocal.

TIME TO LET GO AND FLY?!

I turned off my dating apps

By Ross E Fortune LombardiPublished 9 months ago 3 min read

.

TIME TO LET GO AND FLY?!

.

I turned off my dating apps

I was going to wait until my eHarmony sub ended in July 2026, As I'm still stuck paying for that garbage, I thought,

.

"Well, if I'm stuck paying for it - then I might as well use it"

.

- but now I'm thinking I instead,

.

"Screw it. Let them keep Their money. Let the money be wasted. I am done. I just want to quit."

.

The butterfly can no longer eat leaves like it used to as a caterpillar.

It can still like leaves,

It can miss eating leaves.

It can wish to be a caterpillar again as much as it wants - but it still ain't gonna happen - it will still stay a butterfly.

The butterfly has to accept that the eating leaves life phase is over.

It will never eat leaves again!

It must learn to let go and now embrace being a butterfly and what that means, both good and bad.

.

Just as a butterfly, I also need to embrace my new life phase and forever let go of my old life phase.

.

Problem:

Hope hurts.

.

Solution:

Stop hoping.

.

No more leaves.

Just nectar.

.

No more wanting,

Just acceptance.

.

No more crawling.

Just flight, fluttering and a different type of life.

.

No more romantic love.

Just other 'higher' things.

.

.

This includes giving up Porn and Masturbation.

Holding on to the past and still wanting what I can never have again (romantic intimacy or romantic love) is just painful and pointless.

.

If a butterfly can no longer eat leaves, ever again...

...Then why should it keep torturing itself with a longing and a wanting for leaves?

.

The butterfly is an entirely different creature now!

.

It is better for the butterfly to let go,

Not just 'say it', but REALLY let go!

And properly commit to giving up its pointless, silly, outdated desire for leaves - It can longer have!

.

Again, Just as a butterfly, I too need to embrace my new life phase and forever let go of that old life phase.

.

If I can no longer love and feel as I once did for someone, - And for them to feel the same for me in return, ever again...

...Then why should it keep torturing itself with a longing and a wanting for a real, mutual, true love romantic relationship?

.

I will always still like woman,

I can miss that kind of romance.

I can wish to be a suitable male match again as much as I want - but it still ain't gonna magically happen - I will still stay as 'Me'.

Wishes are just wishes - nothing more. - In reality, they have no magical power!

I have to accept that my past 'love-life', - life phase is now over.

.

I am an entirely different creature now!

I am simply not compatible with anyone anymore...

.

It is better for Me to simply let go,

Not just 'say it', but REALLY let go!

And properly commit to giving up its pointless, silly, outdated desire for Love, Sex and Romance - That I can no longer have!

.

Whether I am cowardly quitting!

Or

Whether I am growing and evolving!...

...Or perhaps BOTH?

...Is left entirely to your personal perspective.

A personal perspective polluted by your own life baggage that has nothing at all to do with me and my experiences.

.

All I do know is that how I am at the moment and what I want now is not working for me,

My old wants, desires, and wishes are "no longer suitable for purpose"

So I need to either change who and what I am - Or stay miserable for the rest of my life...

...So,

I am taking my personal power back,

I am abandoning old wants, desires, and wishes that controlled my life.

I am choosing to change.

Instead of staying just yet another lonely, sexually frustrated man - In a world already crammed full of weak-willed, lonely, owned by their desires and ego, sexually frustrated men,

-

I choose to become "something else".

.

Your negative reactions to this...

...Are Not my problem!

.

breakupsdatinghumanitylove

About the Creator

Ross E Fortune Lombardi

Writer and Artist.

A (Constantly Failing To Be Funny) satirist!

Mutare non est meum

Cantus moriar

EMAIL

[email protected]

BLOG:

http://lombot.co.uk

You Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/@Rat_Lombot/featured

Reader insights

Be the first to share your insights about this piece.

How does it work?

Add your insights

Comments

There are no comments for this story

Be the first to respond and start the conversation.

Sign in to comment

    Find us on social media

    Miscellaneous links

    • Explore
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Support

    © 2026 Creatd, Inc. All Rights Reserved.