Mr. Maybe by Jane Green Archive
"And I know I will be fine, it's not like the other times I've broken up with boyfriends, when I've been so heartbroken I've cried solidly for about three weeks and not wanted to go anywhere or do anything. Okay, I had that one night from hell, but since then I've been really okay, and at least I know there's no point living on false hope. At least I know it really is over so I can move on. But I have to say that this time I feel a bit numb, still in a state of shock, really, although I don't feel that my world has ended, not completely. I suppose that the light at the end of the tunnel, though not very bright, is at least still there. They say that it never hurts as much after the first time, and I suppose there's an element of truth in that, but they also say that every time you get hurt the barriers go up a little big higher and you end up being hard and cynical, and not giving anything to anyone." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
"I meet these men, fall desperately in love, and become friends with them in the mistaken hope that one day they'll see the error of their ways and realize they're madly attracted to me. But of course that doesn't happen. I just go out with them as friends and misinterpret every look, every sigh, every touch, and try to convince myself they're about to make a move, and each time I end up feeling like shit, because yet another man I fancy isn't interested." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
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"and I'm so used to playing games with men, to pretending that I'm this hard, tough, career woman who's very happy being single and really don't mind, no, loves having relationships which involve seeing each other twice a week if you're lucky." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
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"just because he's good company doesn't mean I fancy him, but then maybe fancying someone isn't what it's all about? Maybe I've been wrong in waiting for that sweep you off your feet feeling, the feeling I had with [him]. And, let's face it, it didn't exactly work with [him], so maybe I've been looking for the wrong thing." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
"once again I've been unceremoniously dumped when I thought I was in control, I thought I had a handle on things, I thought that I wouldn't get hurt. What is wrong with me? I mean, I'm a good person, I'm nice to people, and animals, and I try to treat people with respect, and what happens? I get bloody dumped. Over and over and over again." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
"I do what most women do. I meet someone and some of it's right, maybe he looks right, or has the right job, or the right background, and, instead of sitting back and waiting for him to reveal his other bits, I make them up. I decide how he thinks, how he's going to treat me, and, sure enough, every time I conclude that this time he's definitely my perfect man, and all of a sudden, well, not so suddenly perhaps, usually around six months after we've split up, I see that he wasn't the person I thought he was at all." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
"I do what most women do. I meet someone and some of it's right, maybe he looks right, or has the right job, or the right background, and, instead of sitting back and waiting for him to reveal his other bits, I make them up. I decide how he thinks, how he's going to treat me, and, sure enough, every time I conclude that this time he's definitely my perfect man, and all of a sudden, well, not so suddenly perhaps, usually around six months after we've split up, I see that he wasn't the person I thought he was at all." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
"because quite frankly I'm sick of falling madly in love and spending twenty-four hours a day thinking about them and crying with misery when they don't phone. I'm sick of being the kind of girl who, when they say jump, asks how high. I'm sick of always, always being the one to fall in love and get hurt. And maybe this is how it should be, getting on with my life and not putting all my energies into a relationship." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
"I started putting myself 'out there' again. Going to bars, parties, launches. And even though I felt like shit I pretended to have a good time, and after a couple of months I realized that I actually was having a good time, and that was when I decided that I'd had enough of men. At least for a while." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
"once again I've been unceremoniously dumped when I thought I was in control, I thought I had a handle on things, I thought that I wouldn't get hurt. What is wrong with me? I mean, I'm a good person, I'm nice to people, and animals, and I try to treat people with respect, and what happens? I get bloody dumped. Over and over and over again." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
"I've always thought that it would happen really quickly, that I'd meet someone, we'd fall in love, and we'd probably both know by the end of our first evening that this was it. I'm not sure how I'd know, but I'm convinced I would. The only problem with that is, I think I know with all of them." - Mr. Maybe by Jane Green