I believe with all my heart that the cliches are true, that we are our own best friends and best company, and that if you're not right for yourself, it's impossible to be right for anyone.
— Rachel Machacek The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating
Tags: self-esteem, relationships, friends, dating, confidence

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I'm terrified of getting involved with someone who disappoints me or leaves me empty and alone. I'm terrified of rejection, so I set my expectations so high that they can never be met, and I dig around with a magnifying glass looking for flaws in very person I date. There's always a flaw to exploit, and I'll find it so I never have to get too close.
— Rachel Machacek The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating
Tags: relationships, fear, dating
I've found that when you're wrapped up in the process of dating and want so badly to have something work out with someone -anyone- it's easy to forget that your choices aren't limited to one person or the other. There's also the choice I always forget about: To not choose anyone in order to keep myself open to someone who IS right for me.
— Rachel Machacek The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating
Tags: relationships, love, dating
I'm generally a happy person -with the help of antidepressants, that is- so there is something to be said for surrounding myself with happy people.
— Rachel Machacek The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating
Tags: happy, happiness, antidepressants
If you don't want to tear off the clothes of the person you're on a date with and jump into bed with them, then what's the point? I'd never date; instead, I'd have lots of good friends and hug them a lot and life would be easier and neater and uncomplicated.
— Rachel Machacek The Science of Single: One Woman's Grand Experiment in Modern Dating
Tags: romance, love, humor, dating, comedy
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