Chelsea Forbes-Terry

The reason people have doubts and worries about starting a relationship can usually be traced back to one thing – fear.

I expected this from a guy, I was prepared to be let down and disappointed by someone who only casually knew me over dinner or after a few fun dates ending in sex. But I wasn’t prepared or expecting it from someone I trusted most.

But we always tend to romanticize what could have been instead of what was.

I find myself hung up on being the one who cares less, the one who could go a whole day without hearing from you. But I’m not that girl and I do care.

People will have preconceived notions about you and your relationship.

This is why I’m not sure what it’s supposed to look like or feel like because everywhere I turn I am told it is not what I think it is.

While we’re predisposed to pay attention to red flags, we often ignore our own emotional warning signs that indicate it’s time to move on.

4. A mentor

To all the guys who have ever started texting a girl, only to at some point to disappoint them by never texting them back ever again, I have message for you – you are the worst.

It’s the age old question of, “can girls and guys be ‘just friends?’”, and it’s hard to figure out the right answer.

I was in a relationship for almost three years. I was just barely 21 when I met my ex, meaning I was one of those select few that spent the majority of their early twenties in a committed monogamous relationship.

This past weekend I made one of the most life altering decisions a girl can make to her appearance — I cut my hair.