Valentine's Day Special Please

In sticking with the "holiday" theme, I thought it would be great to share one of the experiences I had a few days ago. Warning, this conversation and situation was very awkward and I may or may not be able to articulate it, but I will try my best.

So, we will call this guy, mystery man.

I dated mystery man for all of two weeks, it was going relatively well, until VDay eve. And to be honest, I did notice a crazy crack in one of the text messages he sent couple days before, in where he stated "I just need a break." Of course, at the time I had no idea what the heck that meant, so I stared at my phone for 20 minutes trying to decide how to handle it. Before I could, mystery man followed up with "that came out harsher than I wanted". [RED FLAG] What did he need a break from; reading (he likes to read), drinking (he likes scotch), reality (he is an introvert) or... a break from ME?!

When mystery man came over on Vday eve to pick up something he had left at my place, I playfully asked "what did you mean by that break comment". And this is where things get awkward, confusing, illogical and strange. Mystery man proceeded to let me know that, he "didn't things were going to work out well for us" and "needed to be single" (I was unaware that we were monogamous). I of course was shocked, baffled and thrown since this conversation came out of the blue, and I told him as such. He agreed, and continued to make more feeble attempts at an explanation (only real men give explanations, it's principal). My main question for him, was why he had decided at this moment to have the conversation, rather than a week ago or two weeks ago, again, I was met with a stuttering response from mystery man, which by the way, is incredibly frustrating. And I added something about that fact that he was doing this before Valentines Day (so what?!), and that was that. Another one bites the dating dust.

Key takeaway, although left with many questions, which will not keep me up at night, this fool thought I was in to him MORE than I actually was, which in my case, happens more often than I would like (sharing is caring). I feel like this is a shortcoming, if a guy is self centered enough to think that every woman he dates wants to be in a relationship, then that's his problem. For me, I will continue to be extroverted, welcoming and adventurous in my wit and personality, if a guy thinks that means I am overzealous about dating, then f*** off.