This has been an aching cavern in my chest for eighteen months as he slowly drifted away with the first throes of his first committed relationship and a life in the city that didn’t include me. I’ve been losing him slowly and surely, which is partly why I started dating so many men. I was trying to find someone for me, someone that would care about me as much as he always did. I want someone to make me feel like he does when he’s around: safe, loved, and secure. Like I’m ...