I'd have already payed my way through school had I received a dime each time a guy said to me "You deserve better." As long as you live, don't ever tell me that. "You deserve better." is most certainly what accompanies me to dinner on Friday nights as the servers gaze at me with sympathetic eyes. "You deserve better." shares a blanket with me on the beach. "You deserve better." danced with me at Prom.