Why did you just click on this article?

Maybe it's because you have sat in your living room while laying in the grungiest of groutfits, devouring your left over Jimmy Johns just waiting for the reassuring ding from Josh, the 26 year old accountant who loves his mom almost as much as he loves his 6 figure salary and volunteering in his free time at the local animal shelter (it's a stretch but stick with me). You had 17 mutual connections on tinder and he barely complained when he took you to Bricco's happy hour last night and the fact that he said he would text you the next day as soon as he woke up wasn't entirely truthful considering it's 4 p.m. and he said that he worked at 9.

Maybe it's because you've just started dating someone new and you are finally starting to feel excited about taking him to meet your parents and your roommates until he hits you with that ... "You know I'm really not looking for anything serious right now... You're exactly who I imagine myself with down the line but for now, I just need to work on myself" or some variation of this type of text message that makes your stomach drop for just long enough to want to smack yourself for having hope.

Or maybe you're like me and you can agree with full confidence that the movie "He's Just Not That Into You" has set the stage for all future relationships because you can accept the fact that you are the rule, not the exception (but deep down we all kind of want to be Gigi and change someone enough to become their exception).

Or maybe this isn't the first time that any of this has happened to you, and you're absolutely over it. Wouldn't it be better to just hear straight from the guy that you are threading your eyebrows for and contouring your face to impress... "You seem really nice but I just don't think our personalities are compatible in the slightest" or "I know that you want to something super serious right now but I am also texting three other girls who look like different blonde variations of you and dating you is not really high up on my to do list right now." I know you think that you're protecting our ever so fragile feelings but come on guys... make it easier on everyone and just tell us exactly what you want or don't want from us so that we can move our misplaced effort and affection to someone who will reciprocate it.