Why do we women, do this to ourselves?

Dating has been pretty tough for me, I haven’t really seen anyone seriously in 10 months. But whenever I do meet anyone, there’s always some messed up backstory. Here’s the scoop on this guy:

He just broke up with his girlfriend a week ago, but originally told me it was 3 months ago. When he first told me, right away a flag went off in my head, “This isn’t ok”. The second flag went off when he said, “I don’t want a relationship”. I went along with it as I just am not mentally equipped to deal with the problems that come along with relationships.

I don’t know why I originally put myself through things like this, or why women do it to begin with. But I do know that when a man tells you he really doesn’t want a relationship, he really doesn’t. So I guess my question is…Why to women put themselves through such emotionally painful situation.