astounded Blue Steel
A couple of years ago, I broke up with my then girlfriend. I was with her for two and a half years and I thought I was going to marry her.
She disappeared on me in the end.
Honestly, it was hurtful at first, but ultimately, it felt liberating.
Things were not going well and I won't deny that embracing singlehood again seemed very enticing.
I thought of all the partying I'd indulge in.
The future drunken times I'd have with my friends as we hit the clubs and talk to girls.
The installation of Tinder on my phone.
In general, that feeling of being 'free' where I got to do whatever the fuck I want without having to answer to anybody.
And so, I embarked on this new stage of my life with glee. I started texting a bunch of girls who showed signs of interest in me previously, but I never reciprocated on account that I had a girlfriend.
I expected phenomenal results. After all, they were hitting on me.
But... nothing happened.
All of these girls, like three of them weren't very receptive. They gave me polite but short answers only.
In my head I was like, "What the fuck? Yo you hit me on years ago!"
Then I texted girls I dated or slept with before. Again, not much of a response. I thought like, "You should be into me!"
Then it hit me: Yeah, that was years ago.
People change and I totally forgot about that.
It sounds kind of frivolous, stupid even, but that was really going on in my head.
It's funny because the idea of people changing was literally under my nose, for that girlfriend of mine changed into someone I didn't recognize anymore.
People change, every second, every minute, every hour and everyday.
Just deal with it.
Don't be too shocked when people change so drastically that you stop recognizing them.
Yet, be happy and take it all in when people change for the better.
And try not to hit on them like I tried to.
