Open letter to the women in my life.

Why don't you like me?

Why don't you talk to me the same way you talk to every other guy? Whenever I've tried to make small talk, you stare away, or don't seem interested, or make an excuse to leave.

I just want to know. I want to know what it is I can do. Or is it something out of my control, like I'm not handsome enough? Not tall enough? Maybe I just give off a weird, uncontrollable vibe.

All of my male friends have girlfriends. I have no one. It makes me feel like a loser.

I just want to know what's wrong with me. What makes me different from my friends.

I remember being 18 and asking the internet how to get a girlfriend. Everybody told me, "you're young. It'll happen eventually."

That was 10 years ago.

Oh well, no sense in wallowing. I'll probably never get an answer as to why you don't like me, but at least this letter was somewhat cathartic.