When I was 18, I broke up with a guy because he was \"boring.\" What I classified as \"boring\" was actually \"level-headed, introverted, and completely accepting of me.\"

Fast forward six years, after two psych hospitalizations, a few alcohol and sedative addiction relapses, numerous encounters with absolute scum, the development of several health conditions, and one mentally abusive relationship: I have a dream about that guy out of the blue and it leads us to start talking again. And it turns out we had