He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Okay ladies, you've all been in this situation at one time or another. And if for some reason you haven't, consider yourself lucky to have been spared the hours of agony and self-obsessing brought on by it. What I'm talking about is when you have feelings for a guy and he doesn't reciprocate, or at least not as much as you'd like him to. This can be an incredibly painful experience for young women, and can definitely damage one's self esteem, even if just for a temporary amount of time.

Perhaps a guy asked you out on a date, and you ended up really liking him. However, he just wasn't that into you, and you have no idea why. You looked great, put your best personality forward, laughed at all his lame jokes, and so you're thinking you had a pretty great date, but you never hear from the guy again! What a blow to the self-esteem!

Or another scenario: there's this guy you're really into, and he's kind of into you, in the sense that he'll hang out with you every so often and participate in a casual makeout session but he won't call you regularly or treat you with the attention that you really want from him. Yet, some girls feel that some attention (no matter what form it comes in) is better than no attention at all, and will take whatever they can get from a guy. Even if it means being his 2 am booty call, his Plan B, whatever you call it, some girls try to use the excuse, "But it shows he was thinking of me!" I'm sorry girls, but you're wrong. His first choice was unavailable, and you came to mind because you were easy access for him.