For my inaugural post, I want to tell you my side of the story.

The first thing you should know is that experience has taught me to keep my guard up when it comes to dating. After dealing with enough bullshit in my teens, I have learned that emotional unavailability prevents nights of waiting by the phone and stressing over a guy’s vague text messages. Effective? Yes. Completely foolproof? Absolutely not. About four months ago, everything in my life was very “business as usual” (as a creature of habit, I live for these moments). I was completely content juggling these three guys I was semi-interested in-and then the shit hit the fan. Long story short, I met a completely self-absorbed asshole guy that somehow managed to do what no dude before him could- mindfuck me into violating my own rules and dropping my guard.

Without getting into the details of how things ended (this is supposed to be about me after all), the shitstorm he created encouraged me to dig through my sex/dating archives and write about them. That being said, I should probably warn you that my decision to live in a city that condones excessive behavior has done nothing to change my lack of morals or values. If you are down with that, I encourage you to read some of my posts and follow me down the rabbit hole. The fun is just beginning.

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