I Didn't Know I Needed This: The New Rules for Flirting, Feeling, and Finding Yourself—An Unfiltered Relationship Manual with Candid Insights, Embrace the Chaos of Modern Dating

by Eli Rallo

love fearlessly and deeply. I am proud of how I love even though it fucks me over at least once a year. I love more than anyone could ever return to me and I know that to be true. The way I love has gotten me into trouble and into wonder. It has led me astray and walked me back home and told me “you’re doing the best you can.”

Though I unlearned his cell phone number and Starbucks order, the experience still hangs in the gallery of my life and it isn’t something I despise and it isn’t something I miss, either.