When You Realize You’ve Been Acting Like A Bit Of A Slut…

PhD Confidential
2 min readJan 16, 2017

And it hits me… I definitely hooked up with a Giulia… But what does she look like again? I don’t remember, uh, anything else…

Oh God. I wasn’t practicing self-care and improving myself. I was drowning in a sea of pointless pussy, trying to get back at her. Well… hey, at least it was a lot of fun. And I got pretty good at sex, he… he he… he he he…. 🙈

And somewhere along the way I learned a few valuable lessons. How to leave people in a better state than you found them. How to respect boundaries, especially your own. How, when you’re the most desperate, you’re the least attractive, and the moment you forget about the whole pursuit, you’re suddenly inundated. How it’s much better when it’s really not about you. How to ask for what you want and graciously accept or reject what’s offered.

But nobody wants to hear that! Back to the self-deprecating TV show quotes!

Hank: “Uh oh. I know that look. That’s the look that shrivels me’ testes…”

Karen: “You’re out there sticking your dick in anything that moves, trying to get back at me. Which is fine. But you know what the worst thing is? You’re not writing. You have this gift and you’re just flushing it down the toilet.”

Karen: “You weren’t there for me. All the stupid shit went to your head. You were out all the time. Having drinks and going to parties and flirting with all your little lit-chick groupies. While I was home raising our daughter. Blah, blah, blah. Cliche, cliche, cliche.”

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Hard-to-believe stories of Debauchery and Enlightenment from a PhD Student.