Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice

by Becky Monson

Trevor was Josie’s ex-fiancé who called off the wedding, leaving her with a bunch of debt she’d accrued while planning said wedding, only to get engaged three months later to Brenda, his administrative assistant.

It’s like I have a sign on my head that says, Dump your problems on Jenna! Which makes me a magnet for emotionally unavailable men. Like flies on rotting fruit. I’m the rotting fruit in this metaphor, in case that wasn’t obvious.

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.