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Hard pill to swallow but it’ll go down easy with a cold glass of water.
I cringe any time my brain wants to give me a flashback of how pathetic I was texting boys that gave little to no care about me. Emphasis on the word boys. Just because they were over the age of 21, didn’t mean they were men — or acted like it. Wow the energy I’m starting with is a bit aggressive. Sorry not sorry.
I have texted A LOT of guys in my life time (all 20 something years of it) and majority of them took advantage of my kindness & naïveté. The scenarios would go a little bit like this:
boy and girl meet — boy shows interest in girl — girl shy but thirsty for attention — girl gives boy phone number — boy shows girl lots of attention — girl finally puts down wall and shows interest back — boy incapable of giving same energy he started with — girl confused — girl sad — girl still tries to make it work — boy tags girl along — girl gets emotional and disappears — girl meets new boy — boy shows interest in girl —
You get the picture. What killed me was the unexplainable excitement behind the lack of response. Like why did I become more invested when I was being ignored? I’m not talking about being ignored for a couple minutes or hours — I’m talking days on ends and sometimes weeks (yes… WEEKS). To make…
