Things I Brought With Me on my Return From Temporary Insanity

I am grateful for the trip

It lasted about four months. We connected online in the usual way with witty messages. I was impressed by his PhD. His looks weren’t impressive, but simply acceptable. He was seriously geographically undesirable; living in one of the city’s most distant, congested and inaccessible boroughs. We woud not be able to easily meet for coffee or a drink. The first mistake I made was believing he could be a match for me based on how smart he sounded while texting. When I regained my sanity, I realized someone in my phone may not be real.

Copious, frequent texting should probably have been a red flag. But, initially it was very exciting. I looked forward to the next witty or funny thing he had to say, and tried to keep up myself. He worked from home as an online college professor so he had a lot of time to waste composing these impressive messages. My next mistake was allowing myself to feel like I was going to have a relationship with him based on our conversations. So, I got too comfortable and sent him nudes. For entertainment, I often sent a link to some music.

I had an event I wanted to attend through my horseback riding facility and thought it would be a nice date with him. The only problem was he lived so far away to come to see a movie under the…