So here's a little Christmas story to tide you over for a little bit. Starting tomorrow I'll be posting my top fives or tens (depending on how wordy I feel at the time).

I recently came precariously close to being played. I have some pretty big issues with trust so my boy deflector shields are always on. Luckily I'm a stuck up prude so the playing did not play out, so to speak.

See, I met this guy recently who seemed pretty nice. No names, now. I'm forthcoming enough to blog about it but not to name the offender. We went out a few times, and he was very complimentary, very nice, and I had a good time getting to know this guy (which is a big step, as I am barely out of a pretty intense relationship). However, it seems that (and this is just my guess, if you're reading this feel free to give me a proper explanation) once he found that I don't put out when I've only known someone a couple of weeks the attention, compliments, etc stopped. I won't say that all contact stopped because that's not the case, but the tone, everything shifted literally overnight. So bizarre.

Guys, here's the deal. Yes I have a low self opinion, yes I'm lonely, but it takes a lot more than a few sweet words to get the all access pass, so to speak. And this is why I have trust issues...I don't know if I can believe a word this guy said when I was being wooed, or if it was all said to gain access to the Forbidden City.

A lot of nice guys I've met say that girls only want the bad boys, and maybe there's a lick of truth to that, but guys are just the same.

UPDATE: I heard from the guy. My assumption may have been wrong. My brain works funny sometimes. At any rate, I'm staying away from boys for a while.