Men Aren’t Trash (But Your Dating Standards Might Be)

We accept the love we think we deserve.

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Many moons ago, while I was going through the worst heartbreak of my life, I thought to myself:

Men are trash.

Men are trash.

They are a burning dumpster fire of inconsistency, drama, and psychopathic tendencies.

They are immature little crybabies with no understanding of common courtesy or respect.

They are entitled, selfish pricks who can’t tell a good woman if she smacked them in the face. (Because a good woman is likely to smack you, right?)

Men are a disgusting, shit-smelling pile of trash.

Of course, I figured there could be no other explanation as to why I was suffering rejection.

Oh, wait.

There was.

I was behaving like a crazy person.

I was the problem.

But more specifically, my standards were.

Ladies, we need to have a heart-to-heart on this one.

Yes, sometimes men are absolutely atrocious. They lead us on, ghost us, cheat, lie, pop back in at the most inconvenient times and beg for…