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I was letting myself fall entirely for someone who was only half mine. Half-there. Half-loving. You were half-everything.

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Yesterday was my birthday—my first birthday after our breakup.

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When we got together, we never thought that it would become a long distance relationship.

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I wish we had spent more time together. That we took advantage of the days we had and cherished the moments that time would allow.

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She may not answer your texts right away.

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And we all — all of us — think about our exes.

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I want to be the person that’ll do something so potentially embarrassing if it means I can say I did everything I could.

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Guys have used me for nothing more than my body and convenience for more years than not because of one simple reason: I’ve let them.

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Is it hard for you to go long without texting me? 

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When I was a teenager, my mother used to caution me that when it came to boys, it was important not to be too eager.