You know how one of the best feelings in the world is that very beginning of something where the potential is unlimited and you look at a guy and you think, "cute," and then you think, "funny," and then you think, "smart," and then you think, "sweet," and then, "kind," and then, "good kisser... great in bed," then "oh my God, my friends like him." And then...

He calls you and says it was all a mistake. That there's not enough of those things in you for him. Or he doesn't say that, but that's what you hear. "Not cute. Not funny. Not enough. Not her."

And you wonder how you got out here on this limb. So far alone, and falling. Right back down in it.