Page 38 of My Rules

Maybe the reason is that I have to find the girl I once was.

To feel whole again.

So what ... my marriage failed. Millions of marriages fail every year.

I didn’t fail. He did.

This is on him; I don’t know why I’m feeling guilty and beating myself up about it when he sure isn’t.

Honestly ... I’m done with this crap.

Tomorrow I start working on trying to get back to the real me.

The old me ... the fun me, the girl I was before I met him.

If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always be where you always were.

Blake’s right.

I need to be more calculated with my choices going forward. I need to learn how to use my douchedar and see the red flags. I mean ... this is need-to-know information.

I flick my pen as I think, and I write down the heading of a new list.

A better-way-to-do-things list.

The dos and don’ts of dating

Hmm, where do I start?

Attributes I want in a man

He must be:

Hot

Honest

Kind

Sensitive

Caring

Funny

Romantic

Family-oriented

Red flags—Men to avoid

He can’t be:

A liar

A player

A cheater

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