Leaving The Man Who Never Chose Me

When my boyfriend went on a date, he made a point of bringing his sponsored student along, saying he wanted to show the girl a bit of the world.

Over dinner, he casually handed me a bouquet of roses—the $9.99 group-deal kind.

But when I looked up, I watched a $2,999 arrangement from a luxury florist being carried over to Yolanda Swanson.

When I asked him about it, he answered like it was nothing.

"She's young, she likes all that flashy ceremony stuff. You're mature. You don't need any of that."