- I really like you.

- 我真的很喜歡你。

- Wait, you do? - Yeah.

- 等等，你是嗎？- 是啊。

- Ooh, I'm gonna have to pull back a bit.

- 哦，我得往後拉一點。

- Wait, what?

- 等等，什麼？

- You reciprocating my feelings just freaks me out a little,

- 你迴應我的感情，只是讓我有點害怕。

so I'm just gonna pull back a little bit

所以，我只是要去拉回一點點

just to get a breather.

只是為了得到一個喘息的機會。

- Well, I mean, if you step back

- 嗯，我的意思是，如果你退一步

then I'm gonna have to take a step back,

那我就得退一步了。

'cause I don't wanna get hurt here.

因為我不想在這裡受傷。

- Wait, now you're pulling back?

- 等等，現在你要撤了？

- Yeah. - Ooh, well you pulling back

- 是的 哦，好吧，你拉回來

because I'm pulling back, it's definitely

因為我在後退，這絕對是。

going to ignite abandonment and self-worth issues

會引發拋棄和自我價值的問題

and I have to chase you to prove that I'm worthy of love.

而我要追你才能證明我是值得愛的。

- Okay, you're chasing me now? - Yeah.

- 好吧，你現在追我？- 對啊

- Well that kind of activates my fear

- 嗯，這有點激活我的恐懼

of engulfment and my commitment issues

吞噬和我的承諾問題

so actually I'm gonna need to pull back

所以，實際上我需要撤回

even more. - Even more?

甚至更多。- 甚至更多？

- Even more. - Ooh, okay.

- 甚至更多。- 哦，好吧。

Well now you seem emotionally unavailable

現在你似乎沒有感情了

and that means I just have to like chase, chase

這意味著，我只需要喜歡追逐，追逐。

chase until I can't chase anymore

窮追不捨

because I'm gonna feel like a worthless piece of shit.

因為我會覺得自己像一坨沒用的屎。

So I think I'm just gonna back off for good now.

所以，我想我現在要打退堂鼓了。

- Well now that you're backing off

- 好吧，現在你退縮了

my fear has kind of subsided, so, I'm back in.

我的恐懼已經有點消退了，所以，我又回來了。

- Okay. - Okay.

- 好吧，我知道了- 好吧，我知道了

- So do you want a committed relationship?

- 所以你想有一段承諾的關係嗎？

Hello? Michelle?

喂？米歇爾？

Michelle,

米歇爾

why are you just moving your eyes around?

為什麼你只是移動你的眼睛周圍？

Michelle...

米歇爾...

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

I'm gonna take that as a no,

我就當你沒說過了

and I guess we'll just give up and go away.

我想我們還是放棄吧，離開吧。

- Well. - Yeah?

- 是嗎？

What where you gonna say?

你想說什麼？

Michelle? - Look, I really like you.

米歇爾？ - 聽著，我真的很喜歡你- 聽著，我真的很喜歡你

- I really like you.

- 我真的很喜歡你。

- I just don't know if I'm ready for something serious.

- 我只是不知道我是否已經準備好做一些嚴肅的事情。

You know? - No I don't know.

你知道嗎？- 不，我不知道。

- Like, I don't know if I should be in a relationship,

- 就像，我不知道我是否應該談戀愛。

it might distract me from my career.

這可能會讓我的事業分心。

- No, it doesn't have to, it shouldn't have to.

- 不，不需要，也不應該需要。

It should be great for your career.

對你的事業應該很有幫助。

- Well, now I feel like you're asking too much of me

- 好吧，現在我覺得你對我的要求太高了。

so I think I gotta go. - Okay.

所以我想我得走了。- 好吧，我知道了

- You're not gonna chase me? - What?

- 你不追我了？- 怎麼了？

- You're not chasing me.

- 你不是在追我

- Yeah, I wanna chase you.

- 是啊，我想追你。

Like, obviously I wanna chase you.

就像，顯然我想追你。

That's all I know how to do.

我就知道怎麼做。

But, I've been on this merry-go-round

但是，我一直在這個旋轉木馬上。

like all my teens and my 20s, I'm 30 now.

就像我所有的十幾歲和二十幾歲一樣，我現在30歲了。

I'm tired of this kitty ride.

我厭倦了這種小貓咪的旅程。

I wanna go into like a different, more adult ride,

我想去像一個不同的，更多的成人騎。

like a drive, like a road trip.

像開車一樣，像旅行一樣。

- A road trip? - Yeah.

- 公路旅行？- 對啊

Aren't you tired of going around and around and around

你不厭煩地繞來繞去，繞來繞去，繞來繞去

and just wasting time for years on end with partners

和夥伴們一起浪費了好幾年的時間。

who give you just enough to hang on to

誰給你的只是足夠的掛在

but have no intention of showing

無心插柳

up as a serious life partner?

作為一個嚴肅的生活伴侶？

Don't you wanna know what it's like to thrive

難道你不想知道成長的感覺嗎？

in a healthy relationship?

在健康的關係中？

- I don't know.

- 我不知道。

I've only ever known this circle, this dance

我只知道這個圈子，這個舞蹈。

the eternal push and pull ingrained

冥冥之中自有天意

into my subconscious from years of my own unique traumas.

進入我的潛意識，從我自己多年的獨特創傷。

- Well, why don't we break that cycle

- 那麼，我們為什麼不打破這個循環呢？

and give this a real shot?

並給這個真正的機會？

- Oh, shit.

- 哦，該死的。

Oh my God, I totally forgot,

哦，我的上帝，我完全忘了。

actually, I have another date.

其實，我有另一個日期。

- Wait, what?

- 等等，什麼？

- Anyway, you're really cool,

- 無論如何，你真的很酷。

I'm rooting for you and I hope we can be friends.

我支持你，希望我們能成為朋友。

- Huh? - Bye.

- 咦？- 拜拜

- There you have it.

- 你有了它。

Every dating experience I've had in the last three years

我在過去三年中的每一次約會經歷

whittled down to one sketch.

縮小到一個草圖。

I'm Anna Akana, and thank you to the Patrons

我是安娜-阿卡納，感謝各位贊助人的支持。

who supported today's video.

誰支持今天的視頻。

And thank you to daddy Squarespace,

還要感謝爸爸Squarespace。

the only man who has never let me down

唯一沒有讓我失望的男人

for sponsoring today's episode.

感謝贊助今天的節目。

From websites and online stores to marketing tools

從網站、網店到營銷工具

and analytics, daddy Squarespace

和分析，爸爸Squarespace

is the all-in-one platform to

是一個一體化的平臺，以

build a beautiful online presence and run your business.

建立一個美麗的在線存在，並運行您的業務。

With sweet old daddy Squarespace,

與可愛的老爹Squarespace。

you can see how your visits

您可以看到您的訪問情況

unique visitors and page views trend over time,

獨特的訪問者和頁面瀏覽量隨時間的變化而變化。

as well as gain insights into the top traffic sources

以及獲得對頂級流量來源的洞察力。

products and browsers by visits.

產品和瀏覽器通過訪問。

Plus, stand out in any inbox

另外，在任何收件箱中都能脫穎而出

with daddy Squarespace's email campaigns.

與爸爸Squarespace的電子郵件活動。

You can unify your brand voice from your homepage

你可以從你的主頁上統一你的品牌聲音。

to your emails.

到您的電子郵件。

And, you can authenticate all of your social profiles

而且，你可以驗證你所有的社交資料。

and auto-post your content to Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr.

並將您的內容自動發佈到Twitter、Facebook或Tumblr。

What more could you want from daddy Squarespace?

你還想從爸爸的Squarespace得到什麼？

'Cause he's got commitment and he's giving it

"因為他的承諾和他的付出"。

to you and he's giving it to me.

給你，而他給我。

Thank you daddy Squarespace.

謝謝你爸爸Squarespace。