Notes

Dating today has turned into this game of who can care less and show it. It’s turned into the person who has feelings being led on a messed with over and over again. And instead of walking away, we try harder. We all want what we can’t have and there is something appealing about the chase.
But we shouldn’t want someone who makes us feel less about ourselves. We should want someone who picks and chooses when to give us attention. We shouldn’t want someone who makes us feel unsure or leaves us anxiously looking at our phone, as we see bubbles appear then go away again. We shouldn’t want someone who only calls us late at night. We shouldn’t want someone who cancels. We shouldn’t want someone who we know is talking to other girls and makes it suddenly turn into a competition. We shouldn’t want someone who sends mixed signals or only wants a relationship that’s casual. We shouldn’t fall harder for someone who will only be an almost and won’t commit to a date.
The wrong person is always going to make you feel like you’re compromising your self-respect to maintain the relationship. The wrong person is always going to make you feel guilty for answering too quickly when they don’t. The wrong person is going to make you analyze things and read the wrong signs as you talk to your friends too much about it. Like you’re trying to convince both them and yourself something is there.