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What We Understand [Friends with Benefits] [Long Relationship] [Apologies] [Honesty] [Closure]
🕑 Added 2018-01-17 23:03:18 +0000 UTC PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION BEFORE LISTENING!...
'Am I sorry?... Yeah. I am.'
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Well, here you are - again. Together, a little drunk and utterly confused. This is it - your relationship legacy for the past fifteen years. Never truly on, never truly off. Just sat in the painful limbo of quiet compromise.
This girl - this woman. You've thought of her, fought with her, raged and kissed and poured everything you had into her. So, why are you still hurting? Why is it never enough? Why isn't it there?
Is it the timing? The miscommunication? The fear of losing it all?
It's time to do what we mortals do so poorly - talk.
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This beautiful idea was originally a commission, and as you can guess I really really wanted to share it.
I realise that this kind of more 'disappointing', 'painful' and potentially 'realistic' audio is not the norm, but I also really felt that there could be something to be gained from sharing this piece.
A lot of us have experienced relationships that we could never quite put our fingers on - 'Are we together?' - 'Should we be together?' - 'Do they even care about me or am I just convenient?'
The confusion, embarrassment and pain that can come from non-specified relationships is something that I feel very strongly about.
A lot of people, for whatever their personal reason, are simply grateful for human touch and attention - regardless if the person giving it is right for them in anyway. I say this not in judgement, but in recognition. We all want to be wanted. It is part of being a person - we want love, intimacy and someone who wants us for all we are.
It is not a failure. It is not something to be ashamed of.
I felt that exploring a scenario in which both roles, listener and speaker, are filled by two people who just aren't sure why they've engaged in such a relationship, could be really helpful to some people who have experienced something similar.
I hope that this audio, whilst not exactly relaxing or comforting, can help to explore the topic in a non-aggressive (no shouting matches and fighting) and mature way that comes to an amicable end.
Sometimes, the people we have relationships with aren't always the right people. Through this audio I hope to show that this is not a failure, it is a part of growing up and recognising what you want for your own life and happiness.
Ultimately, I truly hope that by listening to this audio people are reminded of their worth. You deserve someone who loves you, fully, truly, even on your worst day - you deserve that.
I would never want to tell someone how to live their life, but one thing that I've always believed about myself and about the people I love:
You are worth what you desire. Don't convince yourself otherwise.
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Please let me know what you think.
All my love,
Teacup
Comments
AudioFreak
Tea, I've been catching up on your old audios to see what I missed. This is the type of stuff that made me fall in love with your audios. You have an uncanny ability to portray what other people may be going through, happy or sad. Even though this was SFW, I am glad I listened to this alone so no one wondered why I was all teary-eyed. 🤧🙂
Anzu Wyliei
I'm so scared of this audio. I know it will be wonderful and I believe it is something I will need to face it scares me. I'm not particularly upfront with my emotions and this might do me in. I'll listen to this someday when I feel stronger and less omg this is going to break my heart in 7 different ways. <3
Ike Moore
Tea when u cry I cry lol the way you just transform into these different characters is amazing. Idk if this is the place for requests but idk if you have ever done an argument audio where you two are fighting and just say all these mean things and in the end you regret it and come back together. I’ve never heard you be angry before so it may be a good one
Misarii
When I saw this posted I felt a bit scared to listen, as I thought it would invoke some questions I didn't want to answer. Of course, my loyalty to your work got to me and I gave it a listen, and am glad I did. Thoughts of my future, as most can relate, are often obsessed about. Not a day goes by where I don't wonder where my life may go. The piece alone was great, the talent you provided made it impossible to compete with. That said, the audio has not saddened me as much as it has inspired me to do my best in what I want to do with my life. I do not fear the struggles that the road ahead will take me to, I imbrace them, as you clearly have as well, Tea :)
Gary Nevills
*takes in a deep breath, lets it out slowly*. That was ... intense. I was doing ok, right up until you started crying. I got a little misty eyed at that point. Hearing someone you've grown to care about crying is upsetting, to say the least. At least it wasn't full on anguished sobbing like in Aural Honey's "The Question". Hearing that one nearly broke me. As always, well done, and did this one actually bring you to tears while you were recording it? It sounded like it could have, it was raw enough.
Archer
I feel these realistic "bittersweet" audios are needed every now and then to bring about reality and sobering gravitas. Thank you for sharing this as there are so many of us out there who have been in these situations but get no closure at the end. Tea you are amazing. ♡
