The Love Loan

You give everything. Your time, your energy, your love freely, fully, without being asked. But underneath, there's a ledger. You're keeping score. And when people don't return what you gave, something breaks. You're not generous you're lending. Every act of care is an unspoken loan, and you're waiting for repayment that never comes. So you feel drained, resentful, invisible. The pattern isn't that people take too much. It's that you give to receive and love doesn't work on credit.