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

had worked so well in person—charming, confident, the kind of guy who made you feel like you were the only one in the room—fell apart under basic fact-checking. Charisma doesn’t survive a spreadsheet.

Tessa ended things officially. Derek missed shifts at work, showed up late, distracted, defensive, without reliable transportation. His excuses wore thin continue reading …