Reflections on Week Thirteen

[Read the completed story here!]

This one was a tricky dance.

How to be earnest and self-effacing without inadvertently straying into territory that was too specific and/or a turn-off?

It turns out that I had already written most of this story days ago while trying to brainstorm, but didn't recognize that until yesterday. I rearranged the beats, cut for wordiness, and changed the pronouns so that it could be about anyone, male or female, who has dated anyone else, male or female. 

So now I had something that was, I felt, earnest, self-effacting, and universal... but kind of too self-pitying? And then I had the title.

I love the title, and it also, I hope, frames the piece in such a way that you can hate the voice of this story without also hating the story. 

What's your take on it? Has this particular song ever been sung to you, or have you been the singer? Don't be shy.

Next up: Week Fourteen!