I Have always been a bit of a difficult-to-please kind of girl. Some would call me high maintenance, but I just think it’s important to set personal standards and expect guys to respect you enough to work harder at making you happy.

Perhaps the first time I realized that I was a bit more of a challenge than I thought though, was when I had my first proper boyfriend. We spent a long time in the cute flirting stage, where neither one of us was sure of how the other felt. To be honest it was mostly my fault because I was a bit shy, and I think I made it as difficult as possible for the guy to know whether or not I really liked him. I felt safer keeping him at a...