We’ve all done it. Putting someone on a pedestal. Whether it be we’re extremely attracted to them physically. Or how vibrant their personality is. How smart they are. The hilarity of their jokes. And how they make us smile. But what is swept under the rug, could be fundamental quirks about them that we want to ignore. That because of all their good, their bad is outweighed by a significant margin.

But we tend to compare volume and not mass. The simplest flaw can have cascading consequences. Even if you are part of their lives, you may be nothing but a bookend on their shelf. You ground them. Support them. But in the end, you’re never going to be a part of their storyline.

Just a novelty presence in their life’s novel.