Jemma Sbeg

I was like, oh, I thought that maybe I would have time that maybe we could still have this shared experience of grieving and missing each other. And suddenly he's moved on. He's on the next he's on to the next person. Like he's he's all good and fine and dandy.

I was like, oh, I thought that maybe I would have time that maybe we could still have this shared experience of grieving and missing each other. And suddenly he's moved on. He's on the next he's on to the next person. Like he's he's all good and fine and dandy.

I think that created a bit of a chain reaction in me where I looked at my own life and I was like, how come it was so hard for me to find someone else? I was very, very lonely. I'd been with this person for a while. It was still in Australia, COVID lockdowns. So, you know, I didn't get to do all the fun things that you would normally do post breakup.

I think that created a bit of a chain reaction in me where I looked at my own life and I was like, how come it was so hard for me to find someone else? I was very, very lonely. I'd been with this person for a while. It was still in Australia, COVID lockdowns. So, you know, I didn't get to do all the fun things that you would normally do post breakup.

I think that created a bit of a chain reaction in me where I looked at my own life and I was like, how come it was so hard for me to find someone else? I was very, very lonely. I'd been with this person for a while. It was still in Australia, COVID lockdowns. So, you know, I didn't get to do all the fun things that you would normally do post breakup.

I didn't get to go out and party with my friends. I didn't get to go out on these dates. I didn't get to, you know, just be alive and present and out and about. And so I was feeling very, very rejected. I was feeling very poorly about myself. I think my self-worth was definitely not an asset that I had at that time.

I didn't get to go out and party with my friends. I didn't get to go out on these dates. I didn't get to, you know, just be alive and present and out and about. And so I was feeling very, very rejected. I was feeling very poorly about myself. I think my self-worth was definitely not an asset that I had at that time.

I didn't get to go out and party with my friends. I didn't get to go out on these dates. I didn't get to, you know, just be alive and present and out and about. And so I was feeling very, very rejected. I was feeling very poorly about myself. I think my self-worth was definitely not an asset that I had at that time.

And it was during this period where I thought, okay, maybe I should start dating again. Insane. It was an insane decision because I was four months out of a heartbreak, probably like my most significant one to date. I really had a support network, but it wasn't readily available to me. We had this little break from lockdown where everything kind of went back to normal for a couple of months.

And it was during this period where I thought, okay, maybe I should start dating again. Insane. It was an insane decision because I was four months out of a heartbreak, probably like my most significant one to date. I really had a support network, but it wasn't readily available to me. We had this little break from lockdown where everything kind of went back to normal for a couple of months.

And it was during this period where I thought, okay, maybe I should start dating again. Insane. It was an insane decision because I was four months out of a heartbreak, probably like my most significant one to date. I really had a support network, but it wasn't readily available to me. We had this little break from lockdown where everything kind of went back to normal for a couple of months.

And I went dating. It was almost like a sport for me. I was going on sometimes two dates a day, meeting all these people. And the thing was, none of them were particularly nice to me. And yet, I don't think there was a single date that I went on where I thought, oh, he's not interested. I should leave this. Every single one I was like, potential. Potential, potential, potential.

And I went dating. It was almost like a sport for me. I was going on sometimes two dates a day, meeting all these people. And the thing was, none of them were particularly nice to me. And yet, I don't think there was a single date that I went on where I thought, oh, he's not interested. I should leave this. Every single one I was like, potential. Potential, potential, potential.

And I went dating. It was almost like a sport for me. I was going on sometimes two dates a day, meeting all these people. And the thing was, none of them were particularly nice to me. And yet, I don't think there was a single date that I went on where I thought, oh, he's not interested. I should leave this. Every single one I was like, potential. Potential, potential, potential.

Basically, I'm going to say it as it is. I'd lost my power. And I met someone during that time, which really any semblance of agency and control and autonomy I had in this process, any slither of it that I had left, that was finally taken away from me. Because basically, I fell in love with someone very quickly who had absolutely no interest in loving me back.

Basically, I'm going to say it as it is. I'd lost my power. And I met someone during that time, which really any semblance of agency and control and autonomy I had in this process, any slither of it that I had left, that was finally taken away from me. Because basically, I fell in love with someone very quickly who had absolutely no interest in loving me back.

Basically, I'm going to say it as it is. I'd lost my power. And I met someone during that time, which really any semblance of agency and control and autonomy I had in this process, any slither of it that I had left, that was finally taken away from me. Because basically, I fell in love with someone very quickly who had absolutely no interest in loving me back.

and everything about everything about our relationship became dictated by what he wanted we would only hang out at his house we would only do the dates that he wanted we only had the label that he wanted to give the relationship which was not the label that I wanted and it was very very painful and I basically sat in that relationship that wasn't quite a relationship and

and everything about everything about our relationship became dictated by what he wanted we would only hang out at his house we would only do the dates that he wanted we only had the label that he wanted to give the relationship which was not the label that I wanted and it was very very painful and I basically sat in that relationship that wasn't quite a relationship and

and everything about everything about our relationship became dictated by what he wanted we would only hang out at his house we would only do the dates that he wanted we only had the label that he wanted to give the relationship which was not the label that I wanted and it was very very painful and I basically sat in that relationship that wasn't quite a relationship and