"I went out with this boy on the proviso that he didn't tell anybody we were together. The idiot didn't keep his mouth shut. I dumped him. I never went out with a boy from school again"
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Coming from a model, the subtext is especially sharp. Modeling is a career built on being looked at, yet fiercely curated about who gets access. The quote captures that paradox: visibility is the job, but uncontrolled visibility is the problem. The boy’s mistake isn’t just gossip; it’s treating her as an accessory to his reputation, not a person managing her own.
The abrupt escalation - one breach, immediate dump, then a lifetime rule (“never…again”) - reads like a teenage lesson that calcifies into strategy. It suggests an early encounter with the machinery of fame before she even had full-fledged fame: the way a small social circle becomes a loudspeaker, the way intimacy gets converted into story. Hunter’s punchline isn’t heartbreak; it’s policy. In a culture that trains young women to be “nice,” she narrates herself as decisive, even ruthless, because that’s often what privacy demands when your face is already public property.
Quote Details
| Topic | Heartbreak |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
| Cite | Cite this Quote |
Citation Formats
APA Style (7th ed.)
Hunter, Rachel. (n.d.). I went out with this boy on the proviso that he didn't tell anybody we were together. The idiot didn't keep his mouth shut. I dumped him. I never went out with a boy from school again. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-went-out-with-this-boy-on-the-proviso-that-he-115911/
Chicago Style
Hunter, Rachel. "I went out with this boy on the proviso that he didn't tell anybody we were together. The idiot didn't keep his mouth shut. I dumped him. I never went out with a boy from school again." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-went-out-with-this-boy-on-the-proviso-that-he-115911/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I went out with this boy on the proviso that he didn't tell anybody we were together. The idiot didn't keep his mouth shut. I dumped him. I never went out with a boy from school again." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-went-out-with-this-boy-on-the-proviso-that-he-115911/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.


