I get my hopes up too easily. My boyfriend will talk things up and then not follow through and the painful disappointment kicks in. I begin to look forward to doing something different and think there’s a real possibility only for him to change his mind. It’s like popping a balloon.

I’m already preparing myself so that I don’t look too sad when he says that he forgot a Valentine’s Day card. Then a couple months later it’ll be our anniversary and I’ll have to swallow my feelings all over again. I still enjoy giving him little tokens of affection for these days so I focus on that as much as I can.