What Men Say When They Don't - SOME ENDINGS DON'T COME WITH EXPLANATION by Julianna Rowe

 A series on language, clarity, and the quiet announcements people make before they disappear.  Hosted on The Happy News Lady  

While these pieces focus on  men, the language of avoidance isn’t gendered. 

ACT VI  The Truth

Some Endings Don’t Come With an Explanation

Not every ending comes with answers or even a final conversation, nor is there always a clear reason.  Everything suddenly does not or will not make sense. Most of the time it’s a mere shift and the person needing distance. Many times, silence occurs that wasn’t there before and you’re left sitting in it trying to piece it together. What happened? What changed? Was it something you did? You run those numerations through your mind. The thoughts enter that the last time you all interacted things felt normal. You continue looking for something you missed, but sometimes… there is nothing to find because some endings don’t come with clarity. They come with absence. With someone slowly pulling away, effort no longer being returned, and with a connection that quietly …. stops. 

And that’s the hardest part. Not the ending itself…but not understanding it because we’re taught that everything should have a reason. That if we just look hard enough, we’ll find the answer. But not everything explains itself. Some people don’t have the words or the courage. Some don’t even fully understand it themselves and then they leave…without explanation.

Eventually, you realize: The ending is the explanation.

The ending is the silence and the change. That’s your answer. It may not feel satisfying and surely not fair. But it’s real and real is what allows you to move forward.

“Some endings don’t come with answers… just the clarity of what is no longer there.”

This is the end of the Series What Men Say When They Don't hosted on www.TheHappyNewsLady