Something my
soon-to-be-ex-roommate Nita used to say after hanging up with the woman she described as her
pseudo-girlfriend. (See
friends with perks.)
It bred into me a
neurotic fear of telling people I
love them. Especially
people who don't love me.
It's not that I have to
hear it back; it's that some people are so
cold that if they can't, in fact,
reciprocate, they act as if they are being
manipulated or
put on the spot.
Then I realized the key was to not
fall in love with people like Nita.