I hope this doesn’t come across as tone deaf, but I thought it could be helpful to share. Reading some of these nightmare dating stories reminded me of how much I hated dating. From the boy who dumped his longtime gf in high school to be with me, only to leave me for her three months later, to the guy in college who I saw with another girl downtown and later found out was his girlfriend (which is why he’d been acting weird while dating me), or the guy who told me I should pierce my nipples b/c the other girl he was dating had hers pierced . . . I am here to say that there are good men out there! Just when I had given up hope, I met my very sweet, considerate, animal-loving husband. Before I met him I visualized the five qualities I needed in a partner (smart, funny blah blah blah). I think that helped. Good luck to you all and don’t settle for less.