Strings of Betrayal

My girlfriend, Aria, never had a nice look for me.

When I gave her presents on her birthday, she called me a psychopath.

Whenever I stepped up to pay the bill after our dates, she would lash out with venom:

"You're just doing this because you want to get me into a hotel room tonight, aren't you?"

I thought about breaking up with her more than once, but all our friends urged me to hang in there.

"Aria just has an avoidant attachment style because of her messed-up childhood. She just doesn't know how to express her feelings."