{"id":2052,"date":"2026-10-12T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:21:24","slug":"me-falta-algo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/me-falta-algo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSomething\u2019s Missing\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201c<strong>It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t love you<\/strong>\u2026\u201d (though I don\u2019t). <br>\u201c<strong>It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t like you<\/strong>\u2026\u201d (though I don\u2019t). <br>\u201cIt\u2019s just that\u2026 <strong>I don\u2019t know what I want<\/strong>\u201d (but clearly it isn\u2019t you).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Well, there\u2019s one thing you do know, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Why go in circles just to say it? \u201cI don\u2019t want to be with you anymore\u201d sounds awful\u2014but is leaving the other person to guess supposed to sound better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cYou deserve better.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">How thoughtful. What if the other person was perfectly happy with what they had? Do they also have to be grateful that someone else made the decision for them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cI don\u2019t want to hurt you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sure. But if it hurts, are they allowed to say so? Or do they also have to comfort the person who just left them?<br><br><strong>\u201cWe need to talk\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Some breakups demand a lot of focus from the person doing the breaking up, so they don\u2019t trip over their own explanation\u2014and a lot of cooperation from the person being broken up with, so they can keep pretending this is a \u201cconversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">They have to understand, not get angry, not think badly of you\u2026 You might as well hand them the instructions before you begin.<br><br><strong>\u201cYou\u2019re just a little\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Then there are those truths delivered with a \u201cjust,\u201d an \u201ca little,\u201d an \u201cit\u2019s not that bad, don\u2019t make such a big deal out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If something is said quietly, with a little diminutive attached, is it somehow less true? Does it hurt less? What if you say it with a smile?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cSomething\u2019s missing\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The phrase seems to leave the door open. But is it open for a conversation\u2014or for the other person to keep searching for whatever you say is missing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A lo mejor falta amor. O ganas. O saber decirlo. O saber cerrar la boca a tiempo&#8230; No siempre es f\u00e1cil distinguirlo, sobretodo para quien habla, y habla, y habla&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes someone needs to leave their partner so they don\u2019t abandon themselves. But do they also need their partner to say it\u2019s a wonderful idea? That they\u2019re delighted with the decision? Should we celebrate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Still, it would be thoughtful if the one left (alone) said something nice about the one leaving (happily).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And of course, they shouldn\u2019t mind picking up the check. Obviously!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignfull is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--l);margin-right:300px;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--l);margin-left:300px\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u00bfNo sabes qu\u00e9 decir para terminar una relaci\u00f3n? S\u00e9 concreto: \u201dMe falta algo...\u201d COMEDIA BREVE y \u00fatil\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iUk-QPI9fq8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iUk-QPI9fq8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Watch \u201cSomething\u2019s Missing\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A microcomedy for anyone who\u2019s heard these lines\u2014and anyone convinced theirs were much more original. And much more sincere, naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And if any of them sound familiar, don\u2019t worry: they sounded much better when you said them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-lead-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Thinking about your ex? Before you get sad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iUk-QPI9fq8\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iUk-QPI9fq8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">press play.<\/a> You\u2019ll laugh. Then you can send it to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Eva<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AnyWayEva<\/strong> \u00b7 Words \u00b7 Music \u00b7 Stage \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/\">anywayeva.com<\/a> \u00b7 @anywayeva<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong> To receive <strong><em>Letters from the Future<\/em><\/strong> in your inbox and gain access to <strong><em>Listening Room<\/em><\/strong>, enter your email here: <a href=\"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/access\/\"><strong>\u2192 ENTER ACCESS \u00b7 ANYWAYEVA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just that\u2026 I don\u2019t know what I want\u201d (but clearly it isn\u2019t you).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartas-desde-el-futuro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anywayeva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}