The Modern Break-Up

<em>"When it comes to dating, I seem to be going around in a circle. The ones I want don't want me, and the ones who want me, I don't want."</em><br /><strong>-Amelia</strong><br /><br /><br /><br />"I don't know, I just think there's too much miscommunication between guys and girls. I mean, no one knows what the fuck is going on. We need to have the discussion. We need to vent it and get it out in the open," I said, grabbing my drink from the bedside table.<br /><br /><br /><br />_______ sat on the edge of the bed and put his shirt back on. "What do you want to know?"<br /><br /><br /><br />"I just want to know what guys are thinking. I mean we have sex and stuff and nothing lasting ever comes of it," I said, taking a cigarette out and lighting it. I knew I shouldn't be smoking in the room, but I was too drunk to care.<br /><br /><br /><br />"I don't think I should say. We don't know everything girls are thinking. I think some things are better left unsaid."<br /><br /><br /><br />"I want to know. I'd prefer shit to be clearer, because I'm always confused," I replied. I could tell he was still a bit sexually frustrated, but he seemed okay to chat.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Go ahead then, ask what you want. I'll try give it to you as straight as I can. But don't hate the messenger," _______ responded, taking the champagne from my hand and having some.<br /><br /><br /><br />"I won't, promise. So why do guys act so interested and then not get in touch at all? ?" I asked.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em>Excerpt taken from The Modern Break-Up.</em></strong>