look at it this way: i’m nineteen. the world has a lot to offer you when you’re nineteen.

as a college student, i feel like i’m making constant trade-offs (there are only so many hours in a day, i can only be in so many places at once, etc.). being in a relationship is actually an enormous time commitment— much more so than we often realize— and i think honestly i just value too many other things in my life to be able to give them up for a relationship (i.e., i’m a busy girl at a busy and chaotic point in her life, and i just don’t think it would be feasible for me to get into a relationship right now). it’s not so much a conscious decision not to date as it is a desire to pursue my other ambitions, if that makes sense.

that being said, you’re asking me at a point in my life where i’m not really interested in anybody. if someone really fantastic were to walk into my life right now, maybe my answer would be different.

i also want to clarify that i am not by any means constantly having to repel suitors or anything, as your question (and nice but ungrounded compliments) might lead one to believe.