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

I was giving more than I was getting, that the balance was off, that love shouldn’t feel like a ledger where only one column gets filled. I thought of the rooftop bar again—the laughter, the way they’d spoken about me like I was naive. Easy. Because from their perspective, I had been. I’d been the easiest mark in the world: a woman who confused being continue reading …