Page 13 of Love Undiscovered
“What she said,” Lexie agrees.
“I know. He’s a great guy, he just really didn’t do it for me after all. It almost makes me wish I knew someone I could set him up with.”
“Don’t look at me,” Lexie says.
“No, not you, Lex,” I tell her.
“Well, you should set him up since you blue-balled him and cut him off,” Kat admonishes.
“I wasn’t being serious.”
“I am. You kinda suck for doing that. At least as far as he's concerned. What’s the harm in setting him up? Who do you know?” Kat asks.
“I don’t know, probably nobody. Or, maybe the girl who teaches my Yoga class. She’s nice, and single, and she seems to be more, I don’t know, maybe simpler than I am?”
“Pfft. Well, that doesn’t take much,” Kat says.
“Shut up.” I roll my eyes at her.
“Rem, have you ever noticed that you do this a lot? Find something wrong with every guy you date and then break it off?” Kat asks.
“Well, duh,” I say. “If I didn’t find something wrong, I wouldn’t break it off, and then I’d still be seeing them and wouldn’t have gone on this date to begin with.”
“Right.” Kat nods her head. “But you don’t think you’re a little hard on them?”
“No, I don’t. You know just as well as I do, most guys are boring as fuck. I get tired of them easily, they can’t carry a conversation, there’s no banter, and I just don’t want to waste my time spending time with them. I want someone who challenges me, not someone who is—”
“The tar to your bulldozer?” Lexie suggests.
“Good one, Lex,” Kat says.
“Haha,” I say. “Note the lack of humor in my tone.”
“Well, it’s a good metaphor for you where relationships are concerned,” Kat says.
“Kat, the sex sucked.”
“I get that,” Kat agrees. “And I know it’s going to seem like I’m trying to sprinkle my happy relationship dust all over everyone else, but when are you going to give a guy a decent shot?”
“What do you mean? I always give them a shot,” I say, not quite believing what they’re saying.
“Really? What happened with Alex?” Lexie asks, joining in.
“It just wasn’t there. We’re much better off as friends,” I say.
“If I think back, I’m pretty sure that it’s always ‘not there’ for you, with a guy, usually right after you have sex with them for the first time. This is just the first time you tapped out in the middle,” Kat says.
“Wow, make me sound like a slut why don’t you?” I say. Even though I can totally acknowledge that what she says is true.
“No, not a slut. But definitely someone who never goes back for seconds, shit, sometimes not even firsts. No matter what. I think you just have a problem with sticktuitiveness,” Kat says.
“Is that even a word?” I stand up and start to pace.
“Kat’s right,” Lexie says. “You never go back for seconds.”
“Rem, you go through guys faster than babies go through diapers,” Kat says.
Lexie snorts a laugh. “That’s a good one, Kat.”
