Buyers Remorse

She couldn't quite understand it. 

Why was it that every time she met a man,

he was an almost exact replica of her Plutonic Ex. 

Just the other day, 

she had attracted another Peruvian. 

He lured her in with his desire to compensate

her for her jewelry making capabilities. 

She asked if he even knew any female children to 

give them to and he said no. 

So she knew he was just trying to help her out. 

Or was he? 

The skeptic in her was quite vigilant. 

However, for the time being, 

she didn't question money. 

Money she could use. 

Moving on..

She found out he was a Capricorn, 

which really threw her for a loop because 

her ex was a Capricorn too. 

As was her father, 

which is where she knew she had 

picked up broken daddy issues that needed healing.

However, she did realize that if she attracted 

such deceit, perhaps there was something 

deceitful in her as well. 

So she decided to play along and see 

what would unfold in the reflections.

While chatting away with him 

outside the library, he had asked her if she wanted 

to eat something. 

Unfortunately, she had eaten a can of 

chili mac earlier, 

and so she kindly rejected his offer. 

Which of course made him nervous and pissed, 

because as they were walking to a restaurant, 

he immediately took a turn and walked towards a store. 

She asked where he was going and he told her

he had to pee. 

She could sense his anger as he just walked off 

as if he was secretly punishing her 

for her rejection of his offer. 

As she brought up the Spanish restaurant near them 

and asked him if he had ever tried the place, 

he replied to her with a massive repulsion. 

Just as her Plutonic Ex used to. 

She couldn't understand them. 

Why were they so against food all because it 

came from a specific culture? 

Was she missing something? 

She didn't eat at Italian restaurants because 

she liked Italians. 

She didn't eat Greek salads because she liked 

Greeks. 

She ate there because she liked the food. 

But her Plutonic Ex as well as this guy, 

had it burned into their brains that food other than 

their own, was super toxic. 

It was definitely a turn-off for her. 

The attitude of these men, really made her 

see their cynical side all too well. 

As they tried to continue the evening chatting, 

she began asking him a lot of questions 

trying to get to know him better. 

However, with each question 

came his answer with a cough. 

A cough... 

At first she wondered, 

was he a smoker? 

So she asked. 

His reply was a no. 

But for some reason, 

all night long, after almost every 

question and answer segment, 

this guy began a coughing bout. 

By 8pm, the guy was having a coughing fit

 and decided to end the night rather abruptly.

She was actually quite pleased with it, 

because she couldn't stand his 

battle with lying to himself. 

Once he was gone, she took her 

celebratory bucks and took herself out 

for a beer. 

Her night ended just as she loved. 

Together with her love. 

Her Self Love!