I had said, beforehand, that I didn't mind if he came to meet me at the finish line. And that's true. Fundamentally this bike ride was something I was doing for *myself*. So what if I just rode over the finish line, had a quiet can of Strongbow on my own in a park, then wheeled my bike onto the train with aching legs and a sense of solitary pride?
I couldn't ask my boyfriend to *support* me, that would be frivolous.
Not what a good, low-maintenance girl should do.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/good-girl-points-ill-be-loved/