It sucks. Being led on sucks. I think the worst part about being led on is that you don’t realize you have been led on until it happens. You ignore the signs and when it happens you just have to deal with the feelings that come with it. You feel like an idiot for ever feeling the way you left and start searching for a reason why things ended so abruptly.

Everyone is going to be led on at least once in their lifetime. Obviously, the most popular scenario is when a girl is being lead on to a relationship with a guy or vice a versa. Everything is going great until one day the opposing party slowly starts to not answer your texts or snapchats. They become short with you and always tell you nothing is wrong when you ask. And then, it’s over. The person who you had constant conversations with and could see a future with wants nothing to do with you anymore.

Days go by and you haven’t spoken and you constantly blame yourself for doing something wrong. You replay the smiles and laughs you shared with one another through text or in person and eagerly look at your phone every second to see if they want to talk again. It can even goes as far as unfollowing and blocking you on social media as well as blocking your phone number. You have been led on and there’s really nothing you can do to change it.

But one day you realize that there is nothing to look forward to anymore. You realize that you will probably never see their name on your phone again. And that is okay.

Once you start realizing that the door to that time in your life is shut, you also realize that you deserve better than the person that led you on. You deserve someone who wants the same things you do and isn’t scared to express their emotions. You deserve someone who will be there through everything and not walk away for no reason. You deserve the world and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Now sometimes the person who led you on may come back into your life, looking for a second chance. It is your choice whether or not to give it to them and you fear the same thing will happen all over again.

Whatever you may choose, this is for everyone who has been led on before. Always remember that you deserve more than someone who left without ever saying goodbye.