Dating Can Suck…

Having recently begun dating again, I am reminded of just how much dating can suck. This is a place for my own stories and musings on the chaos of singledom, as well as a place for you to share and submit your own dating stories.

As calloused as we may be, we realize dating can also be a positive experience and even fun. We’d love to hear those stories as well! Inspire us!

To submit your own story to “Dating Can Suck” please click the “Story Submission” link at the top or to the right.

Feel free to peruse the dating stories below.

Why do you stay?

I have this friend at work. Great guy we get along famously. There is only one issue and it drives me nuts. Maybe some of you can relate and give me some insight. My friend has this girlfriend (they have been dating for over a year) who is EXTREMELY high maintenance. She will only buy clothes in Las Vegas cuz she thinks for some reason he clothes are better there. Its nothing for her to spend $200 on a pair of jeans. Anyway this is not so troubling as what I am about to tell you. This girl has been diagnosed as bipolar. As a psych major and social worker I know something about this. She believes that she does not have to take her medicine. Now this is all fine except that she becomes the BITCH from hell. Treats him like crap. Yells at him. She has been so mean to him, and he has become so stressed, that he had to get counseling for himself (thank heavens our employer has an EAP). The thing that I don’t understand is why he stays. I am looking for a little insight into why guys (or girls) stay with someone like that. It has to be more than just love. Help me to understand.

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