RE: Real Talk Weekend Prompt Step Into the Hot Seat #4

@chefqueen here's what i have to say about your question

Love, in its truest sense, has no room for excuses. It is not something that can be shelved until life becomes convenient, nor is it an emotion that lies dormant for months without expression. Love demands presence whether in friendship, family, or romance. It may not always need grand gestures, but it always needs consistency.

I used to think love was too strong, too alive, to be caged by the words “I’m busy.” Busyness is real, yes, but it should never become a wall that separates hearts. Because at the end of the day, love is not measured by how much time we claim not to have, but by how much of ourselves we give even in the midst of life’s noise.

That’s why I struggle with the friendships of today that often say, “We haven’t talked in three months, but I love my friend.” What is that supposed to mean? Love that hides in silence for months without a single check-in begins to look more like comfort than commitment. It is easy to hold on to the label of “friendship” without nurturing it, but true love, true friendship, needs tending, like a fire that dies out if left unattended.

Maybe the modern world has numbed us. We are connected by devices yet disconnected in spirit. We want the security of claiming love and loyalty, but without the responsibility of showing up for each other. But love, I believe, is in the small consistencies: a message that says “I was thinking of you,” a call that asks “How are you doing, really?” a presence that says “I may not have all the time, but I have enough to let you know you matter.”

So I return to the truth I hold close: love does not make excuses. Love is not about how rarely we speak, but how deeply we care enough to bridge the silence. Anything less is not love, it is convenience disguised as affection.

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