So today I discovered that another old trend has started to emerge from my past.  I am, it seems, that catalyst required for people to move on from their prior relationships.  This is not to say that people move on with me, it is only the prospect of moving on with me that makes girls ready to date someone they actually like.

When you get rejected you get to indulge in some self pity for a bit.  Lately I’ve even been robbed of that.  The ‘relationships’ I’ve entered into lately have ended before they’ve started and the girls’ moving on has either been hidden or so far removed from my circumstances that the relationship was nearly invisible to begin with.

Still, rejection does hurt, even when it’s indirect.  What hurts more though is that when something is hidden from me so I wouldn’t get hurt, it tells me that my feelings were considered and just didn’t matter.