That’s when I realized I had it backwards. I thought I was protecting her. But she was protecting me. She was the one pulling me back from the ledge of cynicism that college so eagerly pushes you toward.
And then she said something that broke my brain. College Stories. My Girlfriend Is Too Naive--- Free
There’s a certain kind of panic that sets in when your phone buzzes at 11:47 PM on a Tuesday. It’s not the panic of a forgotten exam or a missed deadline. It’s worse. It’s the panic that comes from dating the sweetest, most trusting person on a campus full of cynical, sleep-deprived wolves. That’s when I realized I had it backwards
I was hooked immediately.
She is a political science major who believes that every politician is “trying their best.” She once wrote a five-page paper arguing that negative attack ads should be illegal because they hurt people’s feelings. Her professor gave her a C+ and wrote “Bless your heart” in the margin. She framed it. She was the one pulling me back from