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

been orbiting someone else’s dysfunction and calling it charisma.

He sent one final message from an unfamiliar number: Can we talk like adults and clear the air?

I stared at it for a long time. Like adults. As if the problem had been maturity rather than dishonesty. As if “clearing the air” was possible when the air had been poisoned for months and he continue reading …