Holly Riordan

She would rather suffer in silence, deal with her problems on her own, than drag you into them. She doesn’t want to bother you.

I’m going to text you, telling myself that it’s no big deal, that it’s just a friendly conversation. But one conversation will turn into two and then that will turn into hanging out with you and hugging you for two seconds too long.

There were 13 episodes, and each of them revolved around a different crime. Robbing. Stalking. Mugging. Murder. Rape.

Grown men think it’s sexy when a woman knows what she wants and goes after it. When she makes the first move. When she isn’t afraid to text first or initiate a kiss.

She pushes others away before they can push her away. She would rather hurt someone else than wait for them to hurt her.

Instead of being turned off whenever she sends the first text or tries to make plans with you over the weekend, you should really take it as a compliment.

Sagittarius: Stay single until you meet someone authentic, who always tells the truth, who never breaks their promises.

She isn’t afraid of speaking her mind. She isn’t afraid of getting turned down. She isn’t afraid of having her heart shattered. The only thing she’s afraid of is what would happen if she never gave love a shot.

Now, she runs at the first sign of a red flag. Now, she protects her heart instead of letting it run wild.

You shouldn’t be an option, a backup plan, a second choice. You shouldn’t be the person he texts when it’s late at night and he doesn’t have anything else to do, when all of the people he usually puts before you are busy.

Aries: Chasing after him. If you triple text him and bail on your friends whenever he asks you to hang out, then he’s going to get bored of you.

You turn them down. You aren’t afraid that they’re going to break up with you if you decide you aren’t in the mood for sex one night. You know they’ll understand. You know they’ll respect your decision.

It’s a place where you bring your family — or the people that you’re so close to that you consider family.

She’s not going to trust you, unless you turn down girls that hit on you. Unless you delete all of your old booty calls from your contacts list. Unless you make it clear that you’re in a committed relationship and wouldn’t have it any other way.

Respect is introducing you to his friends as his girlfriend. It’s defending you when his mother makes a rude comment about you. It’s deleting all of his dating apps, because he doesn’t need them anymore.

“A murderer was on my front lawn with a gun in his hand. I have no idea what would’ve happened if I didn’t wake my grandpa, or if I didn’t wake up to get a snack.”

One day, it won’t hurt to look at them. One day, you’ll be happy that you have mementos of your past.

I want to kiss you, but I’ll keep acting like you’re just a friend.