A Quiet Withdrawal

You've stopped waiting for a seat at the dating table. Your career is finally moving. Your friendships are solid. And dating? You've quietly, deliberately, checked out - because every table you've sat at has turned out to be on fire. Tonight you almost made it through a whole night without anyone noticing you'd gone somewhere else in your head. Almost anyone...

And now the car's parked outside your place, the engine's off, and he's not letting you off the hook with a shrug and a "I'm fine." Not this time. You built a life you're proud of by deciding you didn't need the mess of relationships and to be let down over and over.

But he's not pushing, he's not the kind of man who makes you feel guilty for choosing yourself. Which might be exactly the problem.