dating

All about dating. First dates, three years into a relationship, Tinder, and more.

Questions of Love
What is a date to you? How can you have a worst date when you barely go on them? Why are you so judgmental towards couples? Why are you single? Is it because you hate people? Why do you hide away from people who like you?
By Kimberly Ratcliffe8 years ago in Humans
A Dramatic Backstory to an Eccentric Writer
We all had our aspirations as a child. Some wanted to be veterinarians, others wanted to be firefighters. These are the typical things children want to be, right? Well, I wasn't a typical child. "Why? What made you different from them?" I guess that's the question you're asking. Maybe it isn't the question you're asking. Maybe the question you're asking is, "What is the purpose of this?" Well, I'll tell you the purpose for this. I wished to be normal in elementary school. Can you believe that? I had no aspirations. Sure, I loved to write and thought about being an author, but I just wanted to be a normal kid living a normal life.
By V. Gray8 years ago in Humans
Goobers on a Date
So I was 12—already some of you are disqualifying this story as being anything close to a real date—and we were both in a production of Fiddler on the Roof (technically Fiddler on the Roof Jr. with some of the scenes written back in illegally). We would hang out a lot backstage in big groups, but never alone.
By Patrick Kyle8 years ago in Humans
Monster in a Mask
What does a girl do when she can't find a date for Valentine's Day? Well she searches around on social media to find any guy that's the hottest, sexiest, and smartest date anybody could ask for. Why this girl needed a date so badly was because she was going on a group date with her friends and they all had hot dates but her. The girl had to think fast, Valentine's Day was only four weeks away! She needed a guy who was crazy over her...but one day on Instagram she saw it... she saw the guy she had only dreamt about, a guy that would make all of her friends jealous, and make everyone want to be her. The guy was picture perfect, so she sent him a message saying, "Hey I know you don't know me but I was wondering if you would like to go out some time? Possibly for a drink, I'll buy...nobody can resist a free drink ;)" And a couple minutes later he replied, "Why sure I don't mind going out with a gorgeous girl like you ;) Just tell me when and where." The girl had her guy at the tips of her fingers so she replied with a trendy bar tomorrow at 6PM.
By Shelby Spencer8 years ago in Humans
A Three Year Nightmare
***This piece is dedicated to all the ladies who think they aren’t good enough. Who think they deserve to be unhappy. Who think they deserve to be treated like garbage. I WAS that girl. But I lived it, I learned from it, and I finally freed myself from a garbage dump of a relationship.
By Jessica Baeza8 years ago in Humans
I Was the Roommate Horror Story
In the spring of my senior year of high school all of my friends had begun finding their future college roommates. Posting "ads" on facebook, messaging random people, doing whatever it would take for them to find the perfect roomie.
By Amy Elaina8 years ago in Humans
To the Bushes and Back: A Worst First Date Story
It was me, my college professor and possibly the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. Definitely the most beautiful women I'd ever been on a boat with. I was wearing a purple button-down shirt, tucked into my best pair of "dad jeans," with sunglasses and a white baseball cap that flaunted the financial services company I was working for at the time.
By Eric Green8 years ago in Humans
The Next One Will Be Better
How bad can he really be? I carefully applied my lipstick in the dim lighting of my dorm room, my outfit and hair style pre-approved by roommates and friends to be first date worthy. I stared into my reflection in the mirror and took a deep breath. Maybe this guy will be the one? Hopefully, he’s not a serial killer at the very least…
By Alina Gallupe8 years ago in Humans
My Worst Date
#MyWorstDate I had an outside sales position. One of the reps came in town from Canon. We made our sales calls introducing the new products. Then we stopped at the River Walk for lunch at Dick's Last Resort. Sitting across the restaurant was a really attractive guy. Blonde hair, blue eyes, and nicely dressed. We kept exchanging glances. Well it was time to leave. He hadn't approached me. I got up to proceed to walk out and he stopped me. Basic hi introductions. He was from Kansas traveling through Texas. He asked for my phone number. Asked if I'd like to grab a friend for his friend and have dinner. Gave him my phone number and told him to give me a call.
By Vicki Fleming8 years ago in Humans
Blowing Air
This story starts out in eighth grade. All the best middle stories do, at least in my experience. All the worst ones, too. Like this one.
By Kristine Mims8 years ago in Humans
The Modern Dating Game (Continued)
So there I was a few months out of my only adult relationship wondering how the hell I would ever connect deeply with someone of the opposite sex again. You become so comfortable with one person over 17 years that it seemed impossible to me that I would know the first thing about how to behave with someone new.
By Sheryl Cunliffe8 years ago in Humans
The First and Last Date
The dreaded bad date. Everyone has experienced them at one point or another in life. We dream of that first date going beautifully. We go out with hopes of a romantically memorable time. We then want to call up our best friend the next morning and spill details about how perfect it was. Before we know it, we are secretly envisioning a possible future together with this sudden special someone. However, sometimes life does not paint the picture we would have liked it to.
By Michelle F8 years ago in Humans