What My Friend With Benefits Made Me Realize About Casual Relationships
In this modern age of dating, we expect people to keep it cool, and the real winner is the one who cares less. But if that’s winning, I’d rather lose the game altogether.
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I know you think that if you hold out a little longer, he’ll change his mind. But he won’t. And that’s okay because he’s not the one for you.
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No matter how I rephrase the story or try to think of the variables, I know that that was the end for us. There isn’t going to be another chance, another time together, or another us. There is no going back, only moving forward.
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I search for him across the sea of hungry faces. Hoping to catch his eye, but he’s not within sight.
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Say yes to that bus pass. Say yes to living your life. Say yes to feel a smile upon your face. Say yes to taking risks. Say yes to taking chances.
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There’s a little patch of Band-Aid on my arm where my blood was taken for the AIDS antibody test. Perhaps in as early as a week, I’ll know if I’ve been exposed to the AIDS virus. Dr. Rundle, the gay doctor I went to, told me to sign a fictitious name to the consent form. I signed it “William F. Buckley, Jr.”
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