Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

So, let's recap what's been going on with the Journalist, shall we?

Journalist had a very obvious giant crush on me (constantly flirting with me at work). We started having lunches together. Just as I was wondering if the guy would ever ask me out, he told me about a date he went on. Flabbergasted, I decided that planted him firmly in friend territory. I will not pursue--he must make a move if he wants more.

So we became work buddies (or work "spouses," if you like that term). Some time went by and his flirting increased. I again began to wonder what was really going on. A trusted guy friend suggested that maybe before when he told me about his date, he was actually pretty shy and that was his (clumsy) way of telling me he was available. Huh. I thought that possibility might be true, but before I even did anything about it, the Journalist actually asked me out. Well, he asked if I'd want to hang out outside of work. Whatever that is.

So we went out to a museum. Was it a date? I don't know.

Which brings us to today. We were chatting and he shared that he's been having a bad week, because of this and that, and he recently broke up with a girl he's been seeing.

UGH.

Now I feel like a complete fool. Maybe it still is true that he does/did have a crush on me, but that being the case, it would seem he's a guy to keep girls on the hook to date them the next time things don't go well. It's kind of a lame player move, honestly. Time to find a new guy. I've had enough of this stupid confusing shit.

Trying to stay positive,
Skeptic