Dan Savage

They're important to us. Ideally, hopefully, if shit works out, they're important to us for the rest of our lives, all of our lives. But people leave our lives. People exit our lives. Marriages end. Friendships end. People die. change.

They're important to us. Ideally, hopefully, if shit works out, they're important to us for the rest of our lives, all of our lives. But people leave our lives. People exit our lives. Marriages end. Friendships end. People die. change.

People aren't static and what might've made somebody the right person to be in your life at the right time and the right best friend for you at a certain time in your life, that person may not be that person all their life or all your life. And so my pep talk, I'm not gonna tell you it gets better. I am gonna tell you it gets better. But you know how it gets better?

People aren't static and what might've made somebody the right person to be in your life at the right time and the right best friend for you at a certain time in your life, that person may not be that person all their life or all your life. And so my pep talk, I'm not gonna tell you it gets better. I am gonna tell you it gets better. But you know how it gets better?

We got a video submission to the It Gets Better campaign, one of the first ones, and I loved it so much. And it was this Latina person who looked at the camera and said, it doesn't get better, you get stronger. Get stronger, get stronger.

We got a video submission to the It Gets Better campaign, one of the first ones, and I loved it so much. And it was this Latina person who looked at the camera and said, it doesn't get better, you get stronger. Get stronger, get stronger.

you sleep with men man up at some point like just get stronger about this try to put this in perspective and be grateful to the universe that this person was a part of your life when they could be a part of your life when they were emotionally healthy enough to be a part of your life and they meant something to you and you can treasure that memory and you can treasure that time

you sleep with men man up at some point like just get stronger about this try to put this in perspective and be grateful to the universe that this person was a part of your life when they could be a part of your life when they were emotionally healthy enough to be a part of your life and they meant something to you and you can treasure that memory and you can treasure that time

this relationship, this friendship was one day going to end, ended sooner than you might've liked it to end because your friend joined the Navy and lost his fucking mind and his moral compass. And you can't control that. And, I recognize you're having big feelings about it.

this relationship, this friendship was one day going to end, ended sooner than you might've liked it to end because your friend joined the Navy and lost his fucking mind and his moral compass. And you can't control that. And, I recognize you're having big feelings about it.

I honor your big feelings, feel your big feelings, and then turn your attentions away from this person and what they meant to you and how devastated you were by this, what you felt like a rejection. And maybe he targeted it at you personally as a rejection. Maybe he made you a symbol of his homosexuality and attacked you. I don't know what that message he sent you or made public was like, but

I honor your big feelings, feel your big feelings, and then turn your attentions away from this person and what they meant to you and how devastated you were by this, what you felt like a rejection. And maybe he targeted it at you personally as a rejection. Maybe he made you a symbol of his homosexuality and attacked you. I don't know what that message he sent you or made public was like, but

What can you do? Literally nothing. You can do nothing except turn your attentions and affections toward the people in your life who make you feel whatever the opposite of this feeling you're having right now is. Focus on them, other people in your life, better people in your life, people who deserve your attention and affection and emotional energy in a way that this guy no longer does.

What can you do? Literally nothing. You can do nothing except turn your attentions and affections toward the people in your life who make you feel whatever the opposite of this feeling you're having right now is. Focus on them, other people in your life, better people in your life, people who deserve your attention and affection and emotional energy in a way that this guy no longer does.

So yeah, there's my pep talk. It gets better when you get stronger. TikTok, time to get stronger. This episode is brought to you by Blueland. Did you know that an estimated 5 billion plastic hand soap and cleaning bottles are thrown away each year? And if that's not bad enough, most cleaning formulas are 90% water, which is heavy to ship, leading to excessive carbon emissions.

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