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I bawled my fucking eyes out. It just hits me SO hard when people find 'their' person or people in whatever form. The way they talked about each of them finding a safe space pr a 'home' for themselves, fuck, I want to cry again. I'm don't know if I'm ace but I've always related SO MUCH to the feelings of never fitting in with what society thinks romance or 'settling down' is for a woman. I relate so hard to yuriko and how she strongly feels that yearning. I feel like, love, even if you don't get the chance to experience it for yourself, is such a miracle and gift that it's SO beautiful even just for someone looking at it from outside or consuming it through media.
The words of momo-kun is definitely what I relate to and agree with the most. That romance isn't the end all be all and there's SO many more ways to live life and still be contented and fulfilled. That the world needs more of it. That pure, healthy romantic love is such a rare thing and a miracle that it really shouldn't be pushed as the default way to live. Makes it that much more disheartening for people who don't find it. People need people that love them to be around and need community, but that doesn't mean finding that perfect romantic partner and having kids with them, love and community can come in SO many different forms and it sucks that the idea of 'how things should be' has hindered so many people from choosing their own form of happiness.
The thing they said at the end about group living becoming an option even for older people, god, I love that and agree with it SO much. Queerplatonic relationships and friendships really just fucking warm my heart and are wayyyyy too underappreciated. It would probably serve humanity much better if deep friendships and platonic love was priotitised and the place romantic love has in society gets switched with this.