he told me, a while back, that one of the reasons he liked me was because i am a 'tough cookie'. i don't feel like any kind of cookie but a crumbly one. sure, it would appear to the average outsider that i have ovaries of steel, able to handle and deal with any and every crap situation thrown my way without mussing my hair. it's a lie. it's just because no one else can deal with it for me. i don't like dealing with things but i put on my big girl panties and deal until i can't deal any more
and then i open my arms in his general direction and say 'hug

'. every single bad thing and sad and overwhelmed feeling crunched down into that with none of the drama and fanfare i'd like to put into it