Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice

by Becky Monson

When dating an emotionally unavailable man, get ready for disappointment. Because there’s going to be a lot of it.

I don’t even know if I buy into that “one true love” crap. How can there be only one person out there for you? What if you never run into that person? What if they die before you meet them?

This is how it works for me: I meet a man. He’s emotionally unavailable. I’m instantly attracted to said man. We start dating. I help him explore his emotions because of aforementioned gift and/or toxic trait. He feels his feelings, tells me how important I am in his life, and then breaks up with me. Then he takes his newfound emotionally open existence and finds the woman of his dreams and they live happily ever after.

Or maybe I should just give up on men entirely. It’s not like they’re knocking down my door.

Twenty-one days to make a habit is a joke.