A woman recounts asking her partner hypothetical questions to t…

A woman recounts asking her partner hypothetical questions to test his love, realizing his real-life support already proved it.

he wouldn’t love you if you were a worm

queens, new york he wouldn't love you if you were a worm what do you mean? "would you still love me if was a worm?" and he was just like "that's a nonsensical question" and i asked "would you feed me? would you put me in dirt?" and he took one look at me and said… "would you save me from a burning building?" and he thought about it for a second, and he sighed, then he said… "maybe" "but i think it would make more sense to call the fire department" and i sighed and tried one more time… even though i knew he loved me sometimes i would have doubts and underneath the questions, was really just… me asking him to show me that he loved me and it kind of hurt when he wasn't giving me that but one day… "maybe i should just quit" and he just looked at me like i was crazy, and said… it just became so obvious that he loved me. and i thought back to all the ways he supported me he'd gone to therapy with me, he'd moved in with me, he pushed me through all my self-doubt because the thing i'd been missing was… i was looking for love in crazy hypotheticals when he was giving it to me in real life all along what was your name? ziona preston, nice to meet you listen to this interview on spotify link in bio menu