The Promise I Had to Let go

Hi everyone's great weekend and happy to see you again on Hive community First week prompt is promises.

Well what do we understand promises as? Promises is said to be a word which you keep no matter what circumstances it is you keep it till your grave and make sure you fulfill it. But as a man breaking a promises is another thing you are not manly enought to be trusted if you break a promise.

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Well, I have been someone who likes to keep promises I made Sometimes it's tough and sometimes it's hard but I try not to break it something else When I was a kid, I made a promise that I held onto for a long time. I told a girl someone I cared about deeply—that one day, I would marry her. We were both young, naive, and full of the kind of dreams you make when the world feels simple. At that time, it felt real. To me, it was real.

Even after we broke up during our teenage years, that promise lingered in the back of my mind. I thought maybe, just maybe, life would bring us full circle. That one day, after growing up, we’d find each other again and make it work.

As we grew older, I saw changes in her that opened my eyes to who she was becoming. Some people grow into the best version of themselves. Others grow into someone different, someone you can’t quite recognize anymore. And that’s what happened with her.

It wasn’t just the usual growing pains or small personality shifts. It was the way she started treating people how she spoke down to others, acted like the world owed her something, and never took responsibility when things went wrong. She became someone who didn’t value patience or humility, someone who thought being distant and unkind was a form of strength.

And to be fair, I wasn’t perfect either. I had my own flaws, my own journey. But I still believed in being real with people, in loyalty, and in keeping my word especially a promise like that. What hurt most was realizing she had already broken it long before I did.

I don’t know exactly when she changed. Maybe it was all the attention she started getting, or maybe life hardened her. But somewhere along the way, she stopped seeing me the same. She stopped believing in the version of us that once felt so sure.

She chose a different path, and that’s her right. But that choice made it clear that the promise I was holding onto no longer meant anything not to her, and eventually, not to me either.

I didn’t break the promise because I stopped caring. I broke it because I finally saw the truth some people are only meant to walk with you for part of the journey, not all of it.

And as painful as it was, letting go of that childhood promise taught me something real love isn’t about holding onto someone who no longer holds space for you. It’s about knowing when to close a chapter so a better one can begin

It was a painful one for me letting go it the girl I love right from small decisions then it's hard to choose you just have to let go of it no matter how hard it pains.

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