Exactly My Type

You’ve been dating him for over three years. He’s the charming, popular ex-jock, the guy everyone used to want. You’re the “nerdy” one, book-smart and quiet, the girl who never expected someone like him to fall for someone like you.

It became a joke between his friends, how you’re not his "type." But at a BBQ, when you run into his ex and hear a few more careless comments, something stings just a bit too much. The insecurities you thought you buried over time start to rise.

In the car and back home, you try to act fine. But you’re wounded, feeling introspective, you pull away, hoping he won’t notice. But he does, oh he does…