Sad Boys Club
Imagine Mac DeMarco playing in the background as you try to figure out the boy who does not want to be figured out.
Imagine Mac DeMarco playing in the background as you try to figure out the boy who does not want to be figured out.
You might not even realize you’re in a game until you’re too far in for things to end fairly.
“I feel like we try to make first times so big and make them more important than they have to be…”
“Maybe we could be each other’s soulmates. And then we can let men be just these great, nice guys to have fun with.”
We all like to think it is easier than we all believe to become so consumed with someone; you believe they are bigger or smaller than they truly are.
My relationship followed the typical pattern of emotional abuse—immense love and praise followed by intermittent periods of uncertainty and dislike.
Every time someone looked me in the eyes and said, “You guys make me believe in love,” I smiled and laughed automatically, like I was acting out a part in a play I had rehearsed so well.
…music can “bring people together,” but it sure doesn’t have the power to keep them together.
I was quirky and cute, but I was a emotional mess all around. A mess that fake-friends grew tired of, but guys thrived on and romanticized.