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.

The fact of the matter is, we all want to be that girl. It is human nature to want to be loved and love back in return, especially because dating can be so daunting.

There will however, be one type of guy who you can cry over.

After a really hard day.

We’re a society obsessed with instantaneous classifications, but really relationships & love aren’t instantaneous and easily classified.

2. You think about that person when someone else hits on you.

Because of this, I fell a little harder.