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The Timing Is Off

Chances are, you've had at least one breakup that left you wondering, "What just happened?" The guy dug you, you dug him, and the whole thing felt destined for a fabulous future -- at least the foreseeable one. Then, out of nowhere, he bailed on the relationship. So what went wrong? The sad dating truth is, maybe nothing.

Here are five completely ridiculous reasons guys kick you to the curb. Warning:For the most part, it ain't pretty. Single women get serious when they meet the right man. Single men get serious with whomever we happen to be dating when we're finally ready to settle down. That means after every other aspect of our life is in order -- whether it's finishing grad school, finally pulling down a good-size paycheck, owning a car outright --- or when our friends start dropping like flies (that's guy speak for getting married).

But if you catch a guy before he hits that magical stage of his life, then he's liable to bolt -- like Patrick, 28, who dumped Bridgett after two years, then got engaged to the next girl he dated after only 10 months. "When I was with Bridgett, all of my friends were single and I was still an intern with nothing going on in my career. So every time she'd bring up our future together, it felt like she was jumping the gun," he says. "I didn't break up with her because she was wrong for me. I ended it because I didn't want to commit to anyone right then. But by the time I met Elizabeth, I was in a settling-down frame of mind."

Vocabulary
dump (v) - to throw away or discard / break-up with /end a relationship

dig - like / love / are interested in

pulls the plug - to put an end to something / ends the relationship

out-of-the-blue - unexpected or unforeseen / all of a sudden / at a completely unexpected time / similar to “out of nowhere”

bailed (v) - to give up on or abandon / to evade or escape responsibility

curb (n) - the edge of the road / the sidewalk -> we often take our trash to the curb

ain’t (slang) - isn’t (grammatically incorrect -> used only in spoken English)

settle down - get married / to become established in some routine after a period of independence / indecision

dropping like flies - something that happens (often frequently) in succession -> rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers, i.e., when we start losing our friends, e.g., our friends all start getting married.

“like flies” - in large numbers

liable to bolt - might run away / try to escape

to bolt (v) - to make a sudden swift dash, run, flight, or escape / to break away from an affiliation, party, or relationship

jumping the gun - to start something to soon, e.g., to begin a race before the starting signal / to begin prematurely / act hastily

frame of mind - mental or emotional attitude or mood / mindset / way of thinking / state of mind