If you’ve ever watched a rom-com or read a Cosmopolitan-like magazine, you should know very well that the dating world is determined by one and one rule only: the rule of three days. But sometimes those three days pass and then come another three, well, it starts getting too late awfully fast, doesn’t it? And then a sudden realization comes: he will never call you again.

All of us have been a girl who waits – or at least have known one. There are countless songs about her too, songs and stories, and all manner of sadness about it. It is important to stress that I am not referring to one night stands that didn’t work out or bad dates though; for me, the girl who waits will always be that poor thing someone asked for her number but never bothered to use it.

The Internet is full of wonderful tips on how not to become one. Does it really help, knowing you could have avoided it or being ready to take all the blame? Wouldn’t we all just rather… know why we were stood up so brutally? [Read more…]