The non-boyfriend phenomenon

Do you ever feel lonely? Of course you do, we all do, if we are honest.

Do you ever wish he would come over, stroke you hair, cuddle, hold your hand, listen to City and Colour with you? Well not to worry. I've come up with the perfect solution. It's called the non-boyfriend boyfriend. Let's face it. I don't want you to be my boyfriend. I'm too busy to try to wrangle non-committal guys into a "relationship".

You probably don't want to be my boyfriend either. I'm too complicated. Then you'd have to really listen to me, and be supportive, try to understand where I've been and where I'm coming from, and we all know you don't want to do that either.

But you do want that connection, to feel like someone out there will answer you text messages, a warm body to cushion the fall from a hard week. You want to have dinner at our favorite bar, or go for a walk with someone you care about. Someone to fall asleep with on the couch watching our favorite show.

And I want that too. It's sweet and innocent and familiar. I'm not going to take you to my company's Christmas party. Every year, I take my brother. Sorry, he's earned it and you haven't. Plus, he's much more handsome than any of you.

But keep calling me when you want to cuddle.