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He wore a T-shirt that said, “Sorry, princess. I only date women who can break my leg.”

Was it about fear? About toughness? About someone strong enough to hold their own?

In this short story, we explore what it really means to armor your heart, and how kindness and softness are often misunderstood as weakness. A man’s armor can hide a wound — and a woman’s boundaries can be both strong and gentle.

Because real strength can be gentle, and gentle hearts can be strong.

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00:00She noticed the man before she noticed the t-shirt. He was leaning against his motorbike,
00:05sipping coffee from a paper cup, staring into nothing. And then she saw it, bold letters across
00:11his back. Sorry, princess, I only date women who can break my leg. Or maybe it was, who might stab
00:19me. Either way, the message stung. She paused. Not because she was afraid, but because she felt
00:26sad. That shirt wasn't strength. That was a wound talking. A man's armor made of sarcasm and steel,
00:36hiding a heart that no longer believed in softness. She didn't know his story, but she knew the tone,
00:42the language of pain that says, I don't trust kindness anymore. The voice that whispers,
00:49I don't deserve love unless it hurts. She thought of all the people, men especially, who were taught
00:55that tenderness made them weak. That being held was suspicious. That gentleness had to be earned
01:01with suffering. That softness is only safe when you control it. And for a moment, she wished he
01:09could see what she saw. That softness is not the opposite of strength. It's the place where strength
01:15finally learns to rest. So she whispered quietly to no one in particular,
01:19may you meet someone who shows you softness is safe again.
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