Given my mother's experience with romance, I shouldn't even care - but there's a part of me that wonders what it would be like to be the most important person to someone else, to always feel like you were missing a piece of yourself when he wasn't near you.
The narrator reflects on their mother's past with romantic relationships, acknowledging that these experiences might lead one to be cynical about love. Despite this, there remains a yearning within them to understand the deep connection that comes from being someone's priority in a relationship.
This desire highlights a universal longing for intimacy and belonging. The narrator contemplates the feeling of incompleteness when separated from a loved one, suggesting a profound need for emotional connection that transcends their mother's experiences.
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