Recently, at a dinner party, the conversation turned to Pink, and people collectively agreed that she was annoying. I sat quietly, betraying my girl. I feel bad about it still. Did you listen to Pink’s last album?

Okay, I wouldn’t have either except that I was following her marriage. So Pink married Corey. They filed for divorce, and then she wrote the album. Secret Fifteen, Revealed. The girl is not afraid to show you exactly how much it hurts, and I love her for it.

Did you listen to that last album? She was still in love. She’s drinking her money. She’s not paying his rent. He let her fall. He—let—her—fall. Remember that trapeze? They were getting divorced, and you could hear every fiber of that pain entwined with a love that was not finished. If you want to sigh with relief, like I did, you can. They’re back together, and here’s what she had to say about it:

AP: What did you take away from your time apart?

Pink: We try to protect ourselves from being fully in love and fully open and fully vulnerable, and really all we’re doing is protecting ourselves from love and real love and the opportunity to really learn and grow with another person, so it’s actually really detrimental, and you think it’s helping.

AP: So your advice would be …

Pink: Dive in. Absolutely, it’s not going to kill you.

It makes me want to shout amen.

Excerpt taken from here.