...and then a luminous brick hit me upside the head!
Was wondering why a person's actions didn't seem to make any sense. Going through this "If I had done A (like he did), I wouldn't have done B (like he did) to the same person" thing. This loop had gone on, thankfully with some rest periods, for months.
And then two things happened.
Someone else, hearing the story, said simply and definitively, "Well, he was an ass to you!"
And I thought, this isn't working because we are NOT COMPATIBLE!
Yay! An answer! No need to wonder any more if I turned out to be a disappointment when he really knew me, or feel sheepish at being dropped. The proper emotion for the circumstances is --
RELIEF!
(I love being a woman, but sometimes it's hard work.)
And then two things happened.
Someone else, hearing the story, said simply and definitively, "Well, he was an ass to you!"
And I thought, this isn't working because we are NOT COMPATIBLE!
Yay! An answer! No need to wonder any more if I turned out to be a disappointment when he really knew me, or feel sheepish at being dropped. The proper emotion for the circumstances is --
RELIEF!
(I love being a woman, but sometimes it's hard work.)