Tag: Dating
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Fatally Optimistic
I went out with this guy once who ended up blocking me from his phone. He was very tall and good looking and ended up saying he didn’t know how to block people from his phone so it was weird that I was blocked. I just said whatev and let it go because the distance…
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The Environmentalist
An environmentalist college professor that he was told me It’s called climate change, not global warming Some places get colder I’m getting colder My seas are rising and my summers are shortening The end of summer came a month earlier each year, 2008-2010 August -> July -> June 2008 -> 2009 -> 2010 Next year,…
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a transcript of the end
[begin transcript] me: How’s work tonight? him: pretty slow him: what u doing up [it’s 2:02 am on a Sunday] me: Good question. I keep waking up. me: Are we gonna still see each other or…? him: Yah I have to you about that but don’t want to do it over text me: ok, not…
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Dating IV, or the Statistical Analysis of Love
The significant dates. Dates as defined by calendar days but might be construed as dates as in dating, though some of the “dates” were really just mindless fucking. Whatever. You decide the definition(s). In a month’s time, you have a choice. The averages don’t lie. • March 5-April 5, 2008: you had 12 dates down…
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New
I’ve got my press-on nails a new ring new hair slate blue eyes and a boy who’s helpless in my arms
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Something Other Than Fate
On Monday, happenstance occurred. Happenstance, I say, because I’m not sure I believe in fate or destiny, puzzle pieces fitting together just so. I see a yellow sticky note on my office floor. I leave it there for several hours. I have things to do. In the mid-afternoon, I pick up the note and take…
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Writing Inspiration: Dating
A good date is always a bad date for a writer. I get a rush of delight when I realize things have gone horribly awry and I’m stuck in a situation that I will be forced to endure for another 53 minutes. It’s sweet, the taste of the meat of him, the reassuring thought that…
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A Waffle House Romance
I met him at the Waffle House, which was even cooler than saying I met him on the internet He was cute though for a moment as I was walking up I wasn’t sure He had stunning blue eyes usually I go for brown but he was all smiles and there was little awkwardness I…
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On Country Personal Ads
I’ve never met this guy and I never will. He offends me to the core. Repusively country. When a dating service asks you what your interests are, they mean what interests do you have that you can share with your future beloved. They do not mean, do you like to go muddin and huntin and…