Letting go of the one who isn't choosing you creates space . It empties out the couch cushion. It silences the phone notifications. And it feels terrible for about three days.
We have to look in the mirror and accept that we invested emotional energy into a phantom. We have to delete the number. We have to stop checking our phone every five minutes. We have to be alone again. He-s Just Not That Into You
If we admit he’s just not that into us, we have to do the hard thing: Letting go of the one who isn't choosing you creates space
So, turn off your phone. Put on your favorite record. Eat the ice cream. And let that man go find someone else to ignore. You’ve got better things to do than be an option. And it feels terrible for about three days
And being alone feels boring compared to the fantasy of “what if he finally calls.” Here is the plot twist that the book taught me, but life had to beat into me: