She grimaces at me and manages a smirk. I have my own life to live. The difference between Chris and me is that she is honest, and she is smart. Chris sees what happens when you give yourself up, when someone gives himself or herself up for you, when the balance is tipped one way, when it's tipped the other. You end up hurt, or you end up hurting someone else.
Someone ends up sad, or bitter, or just changed .
She's been there before.