He Said Someone Like Him Would Never Date Me — So I Made Sure He Never Would

me, eyes sweeping me like I was a joke.

“You really thought a guy like him would ever date a girl like you?”

For a second, I didn’t even understand the sentence. It landed too fast, too sharp, like a slap you feel before you register why your face is burning. My brain tried to rearrange the words into something that didn’t mean what it meant—some joke continue reading …