Well if you want, love, you can take mine. I don't want it!!! 

This person I was seeing/dating said this and I was so taken aback. I cannot believe people are like this? 

Other red flag things that had been said:

* 'You have such a positive outlook on life. I'll ruin that for you.' 
* 'You're too nice and thoughtful, you need to change.'
* 'You can tell there's a lot of hurt from your past.'

I need help believing that I do not need to be in a relationship to exist. I can be on my own and it's fine and perhaps working on myself and my life before dragging someone else into it, isn't a bad thing?

I'm not going to pretend I'm perfect. I have a fair amount of flaws but I'm not intolerable and I'm not 'toxic' like a few people make out. 

I just want a good couple people in my life.