It had been six weeks, six perfect, almost a girlfriend, weeks. Until that fateful day where it all ended.
I was in the lovely in-between stage. A chance meeting in Coppers on a Tuesday night. We had gone past drunken scoring and I had three dates under my belt. At first I thought things were fine and I was being an amazing and considerate girl friend (*not yet girlfriend). Now I'm in a tricky situation...I think I have gone and blown it. Having had time to assess the situation, and my passed behavior, I now realize where I went oh so wrong. Turns out I'm a stage five clinger.
Was it the 3am calls to check if he was awake? Was it the full-on obsessive 'BFF' relationship with his younger sister? Or the weird rivalry I solely created in my head with his ex girlfriend?
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The new nickname given to me by his friends 'psycho clinger' is just the icing on top of an already decaying cake. I should have acted so differently. For anyone out there at this stage in their relationship, take my advice of How To Spot A Stage Five Clinger.
1. You stalk his ex
If you have stalked his ex on Facebook, added her, poked her and sent her a mail with a wink face, you are on your way to stage five..beware. And if you see her on a night out and give her unneccessary filthies...I'm sorry we have lost you.
2. Don't be around all the time
It is not necessary to meet him for lunch every single day. Let him breathe. Let him hang out with the lads and do his own thing. If you do quite the opposite this will be all too much for him...not for you. You will be having a fantastic time.
3. Don't turn him into your own Ryan Gosling
4.Don't bombard his parents with gifts
5. Don't become 'BFF's' with his sister
6. Don't broadcast the first present he gets you
7. Don't steal his clothes
8. Don't try and leave stuff in their house
9. Don't boss him around
10. Don't delete him on Facebook whenever you feel like it
11. Do not under ANY circumstances call his friends