Over the past 5 years, I’ve been on tons of first dates. More than any person would ever want to, I’m sure. I kept going on first dates though because I was ‘picky’. I needed a palpable connection and a list of criteria to be met. It was meaningless first date after first date when I finally met my long…
I try to take a step towards you but you take 2 steps back Always keeping a strong distance as I try to figure you out. You waste away hours in my head and still I’ll try to take a step forward again. -May 2020
What a crazy world we’re living in right now! A global pandemic that has completely changed our daily lives. It’s affected the dating world too. Since we can’t really meet, I thought COVID-19 would weed out the fuckboys and hook up culture. It would force people to really talk and get to know each other before meeting up. It would…
You’re looking for love everywhere except right in front of you. You’ve already made up your mind and that makes love so hard to find. So many ideas of what should be you’re blind to what could be.
I’ve been on LOTS of first dates over the years and after a while they can really start to just blur together. But a few stick out to me and one is this guy who I went out to dinner with. During dinner I realized he wouldn’t be a match for me but after dinner we ended up taking my…
You giggle softly into my shoulder and my chest swells like it hasn’t in years. Like I’m not sure it knew how to anymore. Like I’m not sure I would ever be ready for again. You caught me off guard and finally, I’m not scared to breathe in love again. -March 2020
Dinner and a movie has been the classic first date idea since the beginning of time. Honestly, I just don’t understand why. For starters, dinner and a movie immediately forces you into at least a 4 hour date. There’s the pressure of keeping the date interesting and there’s the fear of having to be ‘on’ for such a long…