I’ve never been the one who has left. I’ve always been the one watching people go. I’m the youngest in my family, and so I watched all of my siblings go to college, and two of them move out completely, coming home only a few times a year. I always dated older guys, which meant they left for college and I stayed behind. I’ve been waiting for my turn to spread my wings and fly.

And now it’s finally happening. I’m going to college in the fall. I can’t wait. But I’m so surprised at all of my friends, whom view this as a deal breaker. How many nights did I sit at home alone in my past, because everyone had left? I never complained, I knew it was a part of life. A part, quite frankly, that I couldn’t be more excited for.

And now, all the potential relationships I get into look at this fact and they’re angry with me. They are so upset that I’m leaving, and they say I’m leaving them behind. 

I can see it from their point of view: they don’t want to get involved with someone who isn’t going to be around so much in the fall. But seriously? I feel robbed. Maybe I’m just overly-open to a long-distance relationship. It doesn’t bother me. I know how to keep my panties on and quite frankly I know for a fact that they aren’t going to get charmed off of me. I don’t need to see someone everyday to know that they care about me. I have enough confidence to know that if they are with me for a reason, and if they didn’t want to be, they wouldn’t.

So why? Why am I being treated like a wench? Why doesn’t anyone want me for the long-run?