βAre you my soulmate?β he asked after we matched on Tinder. With 100+ mutual likes and near-identical music taste, it was only natural that his opening line would be cheesy.
Over the next six months, we were in constant relationship limbo. His friends called me his girlfriend; he did not.
One day he told me he was moving from Pennsylvania to Maine. I told him it was over β whatever βitβ was.
He posted on Instagram the view from his new beachfront apartment. While the beach was in the photo, all I could focus on was the parking lot. I bitterly commented, βnice parking lot.β He blocked me.