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

was disinterest. Every time he’d kept me away from his friends wasn’t privacy. It was shame. Every time he’d said “you look good” instead of “you look beautiful” wasn’t modesty. It was the bare minimum investment of a man who was already shopping for his replacement.

Something in me went very still. I inhaled slowly, held it for a beat, let it out.

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