I was in uni final year, and I had just started dating my smartest classmate.
It all began when I was struggling with one of my final-year projects and he offered to help me out.
I was thrilled and grateful that he didn’t mind and was so willing to help me.
Little did he know, he was being played. I had always been attracted to his intelligence and thought I would be able to use him to get my grades up and graduate easier. I thought this was a perfect opportunity to do so.
We started spending an increasing amount of time together and I thought I was in love.
The reality was, I was two-timing him all along. I was in a relationship with another classmate and I was using my relationship with my smartest classmate to get my grades up and graduate easier. I felt bad because I was taking advantage of him and manipulating him into helping me with my project.
Once the project was complete and I had graduated, I broke off with him. He was so crushed because he thought I was in love with him, but I wasn’t. I was just using him and it felt really bad.
I felt guilty for taking advantage of someone and manipulating them into helping me.
I learned an important lesson from this experience: never take advantage of someone and manipulate them into helping you, no matter how desperate you are for help. If you do, you will end up hurting the person more than you realize. It’s also not fair to the other person because they don’t deserve to be taken advantage of.
No matter how desperate you are, never date someone just because they are the smartest in the class. It’s not fair to them and it’s not fair to yourself. It will only end up in heartbreak, and you’ll regret it. Instead, look for someone who you genuinely have feelings for and who you can trust.