“I was taking his words to be solid facts rather than expressions of fleeting feelings he was experiencing in the moment. Also like most women, I would jump way too many steps ahead any time I saw potential with a guy, and I would use any positive thing he said or did as proof that he wanted the same things I did. I didn’t realize at the time that men don’t experience relationships this way. In fact, I didn’t have a clue about how men experience relationships. The main difference between men and women is that men typically don’t have an end goal in mind that they’re striving toward; they just take things as they come.”

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