Regret Makes All Love Useless
In the seventh year of our relationship, my boyfriend, Hunter Jenkin, seemed to have lost interest in everything.
Desperate to figure out what still excited him, I bought a wristband that measured romantic excitement and fastened it around his wrist myself.
When we watched a movie together, the wristband registered just 1 point.
When we climbed a snow-covered mountain and kissed at the summit, the score was only 5.
On his birthday, when I slipped a ring onto his finger, it rose to a mere 8.
No matter what I did, I could never spark any real excitement in him.
I was almost ready to give up, and I even suspected that the wristband was nothing more than an overpriced gimmick.
Then, on