Holly Riordan

Why should I be the one to put my heart on the line when you’re just as capable of picking up your phone and typing out a message?

Bear – You have a drawer filled with handcuffs, blindfolds, and ball gags. Of course, you have a soft side, too. Once sex is over, you’ll be eager to cuddle until the sun rises.

If you act distant for one day, then we’ll assume that you’ve completely lost interest in us.

Compliment her hair or her eyebrows. She’ll appreciate it more than a raunchy comment about her ass.

That girl in his Instagram pictures could’ve been you. Should’ve been you. You’ll stare at her for as long as your damaged ego can take, trying to figure out why he thinks she’s more attractive than you.

I’m not the girl who will pretend that everything is okay when she’s dying inside. If I’m angry, I’m going to tell you why, in detail.

I should be focused on my career, on my schooling, and on my friends, so I can reach the place I want in life. But I have trouble concentrating on my work, because you keep drifting in and out of my thoughts.

You’ll send me a happy birthday text and I won’t know whether to respond with a simple “thank you,” to talk about how much I miss you and want you back in my life, or to refuse to respond at all.

I need to do things right this time. That must be why time travel exists, why the hitchhiker showed up on my street and hopped into my car. To set things right.

Instead of slow dancing in the middle of our living room, take me out in public and embarrass me with your corny dance moves.

If you kiss someone and see fireworks, tell them that it meant something to you.

Secluded sex where we’re free to make as much noise as we want.

You have gentle, tender sex as often as you have rough, animalistic sex.

You never thought you’d forget the ex that held your heart for so long, but now he’s barely a blip on your radar.

I cry over stupid shit.

We shouldn’t text them too much. We shouldn’t sleep with them too early. We shouldn’t come across as too eager. We’re trying to follow a specific set of dating rules, so even if we like someone, it’s impossible to let them know.

We can demolish the hatred in our hearts and replace it with hope, we have to. We can’t let the bitterness win.

When I’m alone in the shower, without social media to scroll through or friends to text, it gives me time to think — and time to think is dangerous.