dating

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

Millennial Life Crisis
Recently I had a friend who went out on a bumble date before the travesty that was this date took place, this guy checked all the boxes. He was seriously attractive, knew how to keep the conversation going, and seemed to have a few good jokes going for him, but this was all viewed behind a screen. Unfortunately, she really got to know the real him on their IRL date.
By erin8 years ago in Humans
You're Worth More
Perhaps we are fools. Maybe you married a workaholic man, perhaps even a currently crazy woman; nevertheless, others may label you a fool but to you, that's love.
By Bibi Babbler8 years ago in Humans
One Year After I Started Dating My Boyfriend, Who Was My Friend, I Truly Found Myself
We all have bad relationships, and I was not in the best place before I started dating my current boyfriend, Freddy. I was dating a guy I'll call Stefan. It was a regrettable experience for a first relationship, for a lack of a better description. I was ashamed to be seen in public with him because of his inappropriate behavior; when he'd act out, nothing was off-limits. On top of that, NONE of my friends liked Stefan because "he acts like a clown." Also, I was surrounded by crazy people who loved to make others miserable nonstop; what was once a relationship I was apart of had become equivalent to a nuclear war zone, and it was sad. Long story short, I put up with too much from people who were far from normal, and it just felt like I was involved in a war that wasn't worth fighting. (98.7, thank you for constantly playing "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac constantly. Dy the way, "Dreams" (1977) is the ORIGINAL breakup diss track.) It drove me insane and I just straight-up shattered one day. Yeah, Stefan stopped talking to me at the request of someone who makes Cersei Lannister look as innocent as Alice in Wonderland, but I was in for the best part of the biggest slap in the face three months later.
By Devin Louise8 years ago in Humans
The Age Gap
What does an age gap mean within a relationship? To me it means nothing. I’ve grown up with individuals in my life having relationships with people older than them and also with people younger than them. For example, my parents have just under a 20 year age gap between them but they have been together for more than 22 years so why does the age gap matter? It doesn’t; some people don’t like a big age gap in relationships, but what gives people the right to comment on other’s relationships when not asked? Not everyone has to explain what they do in their life to other people.
By Tanisha Dagger8 years ago in Humans
Everything I Learnt Experiencing a Relationship for the First Time Aged Twenty
I am a hopeless romantic, but I have also had the misfortune of being a pudgy, socially-awkward teenager. As a result, I wanted love, lusting over dream romances in the same way a people on diets lust over pasties: I wanted it, but never believed it could possibly happen to me. Every date I’d been on had resulted in being ghosted; or in one case, he was an exchange student who promptly flew back to Boston. It seemed an actual romance was something I’d never have, I wanted nothing more than the permanent arms around me, the status updates (or just the sheer thrill of getting to set my relationship status, something I’d never done as I’d always assumed it was obvious I was single), and waking in up to a sleepy voice murmuring “Good Morning” in my ear. Now I’ve got it, and being in a relationship is strange state I’m still getting used to, but I've decided to share a few things waiting so long before entering a relationship taught me.
By Laura 8 years ago in Humans
Mi Vida
It was the eleventh of September, twenty-seventeen. A Monday, and I was seated in a droopy stance on the bus on my way to school.
By Lexis Deppe8 years ago in Humans
The Thing About Age Difference
When I went to the club that one night in January I never imagined how much it would change my life. No matter how big a cliché it might be. I was way too drunk and a friend of mine had somehow convinced me to dance with her. But in the middle of embarrassing myself on the dancefloor, an unfamiliar girl laid a hand on my shoulder and asked about my name. I greeted her and told her. I remember her secretive smile when she whispered in my hear: "My friend over there wants to talk to you, but he is too shy to approach you." My cheeks turned pink and I felt so grateful that the dark was covering it up.
By Cecilie Birkshøj8 years ago in Humans
Deja Vu Moment
*Sigh* If I may be frank, but I honestly cannot begin to wrap my head around this mere simple fact, that what had happened that day... changed my perspective - completely! It perplexes me in a profound way of how the body and mind coincide to have this mutual epiphany, that results in a rather strange, yet intriguing, manifestation. One that seemed to have been a tragedy, but more or less had a positive outlook in the end.
By Kelly Madeleine Ortiz8 years ago in Humans
Ghosting
Almost everyone knows what ghosting is. If you don't know what it is, it's where people stop texting or calling. They just fall off the face of the planet with out explanation. It usually happens among people who are dating but it's incredibly annoying and frustrating. It also happens among friends too. I usually move on after a month of someone ghosting. I figure if you don't care to tell me what's going on, then you don't care. What? You got so busy and you couldn't tell me? And I'm supposed to wait for you? Nope, sorry, not buying it. Sometimes people do ghost deep into the relationship and it confuses the other person. I think if you ghost the other person has every right to move on and forget about you, especially if it's been a month or more. Now if you warn the person, "hey I'll be busy for awhile" it's not really ghosting, it's just life. If you do warn them it has to to lead to a conversation about what to do if you go a month or more without communication.
By Lena Bailey8 years ago in Humans
Intentional Dating in an Unintentional World
"Robert makes me feel really safe when he drives, and I don't become an anxiety-ridden maniac like I do with anyone who's a bad driver, so I feel like that's a really great thing," I told Sandy, walking around the block on our afternoon break at work.
By C C8 years ago in Humans
When You're Too Old to Be Learning to Love
I’m too old to be as bad as I am at relationships. I’m too old to be nervous and anxious and fixated on if he “likes me.” I’m too old to be identifying with memes posted and shared by girls in their high school years. I’m too old to be this afraid of love making.
By Laura P8 years ago in Humans
My Weakness for the Forbidden
What have I gotten myself into? I am totally in love with someone who I know I will never have a serious relationship with. When I met him three years ago our relationship consisted of just occasional sex, that's it. He is someone who I would have stayed away from in my younger days. He has about ten children and the baby mamas to go with them. Who wants that headache full time? Not me, so I thought! These three years have consisted of me mostly being upset with him because of his lack of keeping commitments. He never seemed to come through when he said he would with things like dates and hooking up for some late night action. Despite me being upset with him and breaking it off a dozen times I managed to fall for him. I think the mystery of him intrigued me. He really didn't say much about his personal life, in fact what I did know about him I learned through my own detective work.
By Claudia Lorine8 years ago in Humans