I couldn't be in a relationship and behave like somebody else or pretend I felt something I didn't feel. And that includes saying things I thought might jeopardize the relationship.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I couldn't put my hand on my heart and say I think that being in a relationship is a natural state for a human being.
I can remember, when I was in college, irritating deeply somebody I was going out with, because he would ask me what I was thinking and I would say I was thinking nothing. And it was true.
I haven't always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship.
While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one.
I think when you're in a relationship, either you have something or your partner generally has something that you're having to deal with.
I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
When I was younger, many of my romantic escapades were just a means of simply avoiding being by myself. I was afraid of feeling lonely, afraid I wouldn't know what to say to myself.
I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.
I had the conviction that lovemaking fools you. The overpowering emotions it induces make you think you're sharing the same feelings as the other person and that they're imagining the same as you.
I have to be in a relationship where I can say what I feel even if it's wrong - so we can work through it.