Reality Check

After that, she was so desperate for someone to love her that she would go out with anyone that asked her. Unfortunately, most of them were only into the one-night stand. She swore that she would never sleep with another man unless it was the right man for her. As a result, most of those relationships were short.

There was one, however, that looked like the real deal. Soon after graduating from the University of Wisconsin, she met Joshua Maynard who swept her off her feet. They were together for two years. He proposed to her, and she said yes.

Two weeks before Samantha's wedding day, however, she discovered that he was cheating on her. Believing that it was all her fault, she called off the wedding. She was never the same after that. The only man that would be in her life after that would be her cat Tigger.

She spent most of her off hours reading romance novels and listening to her CDs. She watched very little television, and what she did watch was mostly news.