dating

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

The Dreaded Distance Debate
Long late night phone calls — or early morning ones — love letters, the belief that distance making our hearts grow fonder. The idyllic dream of the long distance relationship being a book worthy tale which more often than not can end up being a bunch of unanswered texts or phones calls, and wondering whether staying up in the middle of the night because your partner is in a different time zone just to have a 5 minute conversation is worth it.
By Tenielle Dunkley8 years ago in Humans
Operation: Get Dicked Down by Former High School Hottie
So, I’m four years post-high-school-graduation; I’m in my senior year of college sitting in some humanitarian-type-communication-studies-like class. I can’t remember the title of the class for shit, but I CAN REMEMBER that it was when I received a Snapchat from MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL CRUSH THAT I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO BONE. We didn’t get a chance to get down n’ dirty during high school for various reasons. First, I was dating a different guy all of high school. Second, not sure if he knew who I was in high school? THEN, my high school sweetheart WENT OFF TO COLLEGE WITH said high-school-hottie that I never got the chance to bone but I DID GET the chance to admire him from afar when I went to go visit my boo thang during his freshman year of college.
By Alexis Norman8 years ago in Humans
First Kiss. First Love. First Everything. (Chapter One)
It's funny. The moment I clicked to start typing... my fingers froze and my heart started beating fast. This is my first time telling anyone (besides my mum) about this. Yes, it's a true story. I can say it's terrifying. Terrifying to write it all down... but I want to come out with it and help anyone who is going through something like this to identify their situation and GET OUT!
By Hope Wealand8 years ago in Humans
The Fantasy of Tinder Love
Tinder has always, and will always be known as the dating app that really isn't a dating app. As a woman in her mid-twenties I am aware of this, but still hope that I meet one of the men of the 5 percent that want something more meaningful than a hook-up. Don't get me wrong, I have indeed met men on there just for the sake of being friends with benefits, but even that doesn't always go anywhere. When will a girl learn? About a month ago is that answer, I finally learned about a month ago.
By Saber A’ly8 years ago in Humans
Not on the Same Page
"I have a couple hours if you wanna meet tomorrow?" "I have meetings, so I'll have to let you know tomorrow afternoon. Is that ok?"
By Mia Lynn8 years ago in Humans
Looking for Mr. Right on a Dating Site
It was summer 2007. I’d recently graduated high-school and was freshly single. My long-distance boyfriend of two years dumped me shortly after prom; He said it was because he’d had a change of heart about moving to Georgia from New Jersey, but to this day, I believe we broke up because I didn’t give it up prom night.
By Candis McDow8 years ago in Humans
A Night in Montreal
Breathing in the usual New York City air, a group of friends and I spontaneously decided to go on a road trip to Toronto, Canada. It was the 8th of January 2016, and we were all sprung out from roaming around New York City, endlessly looking for an unusual adventure. It was Friday, "the perfect day for a road trip," laughed one of my friends. There I was actually entertaining the idea of going to Toronto, a completely different city in a completely different country. Frantically rushing home to find my long lost passport, the feeling of excitement burst out of me. I knew it would be a weekend none of us would ever forget.
By Pam Yiadom8 years ago in Humans
My Truly Worst Date
My Truly Worst Date As I finished writing my worst date piece, I realized that I might have had several dates from hell, which in fact are all very difficult to grade.
By Lil Gui8 years ago in Humans
Online Dating with Match.com
My experience with online dating started almost four years ago when I found myself in my mid-forties, divorced after 21 years of marriage and a single mom of three teenagers. I wasn't all that keen on online dating, but the physical groups that I had heard of, Parents Without Partners and such, no longer had any local groups. So online dating was the only option I was able to find.
By Mell Ritz8 years ago in Humans
Love Me Not
So me and him had been dating for a good month by now. He picked me up from work and I didn't expect to be going out on a double date with him and his friends so it was already a bad start for me anyways. I had at least an under shirt I could keep on and just had to work with my baggy work pants while they debated on going to a bar or out to eat. I would have preferred to stay in all together, but didn't want to be the rain over the parade so I let them decide and they settled on a small bar that I didn't really care for, but I was hoping for the bottle that they had already bought before picking me up to put me in a better mood or at least forget just a little bit about how uncomfortable I felt. As we drove to the bar we were all drinking and the girl I thought his homeboy was with was slumped in the back unable to even go into the club so we left her in the car. I wasn't even old enough to go to a bar at the time, but because he was well known around the city we were from I was able to just slide by security once we finally made in it there. Right as I made it to the dance floor all the 50 and up faces that were staring at me made me want to turn back around, but he seemed to be cool with it so I just made my way to the back of the club where I smelled chronic.
By Nelle Jae8 years ago in Humans
Kissing The Dirt
The ice cold wind whips around her face as her numb hands grip the bars, her legs rotating, pedaling quickly. Her breath comes in quick bursts, the cold air making her chest rise and fall with every intake. She feels every rock, bump and imperfect part of the pavement, she feels it through her bike, vibrating through her arms, activating every nerve in her body.
By Natalie Davies8 years ago in Humans
Condom Recycling
I have always had an "old soul." I've always had a need to protect the earth, and everything on it. As a child I was drawn to the concept of recycling, simply because it was the simplest way to help rid the earth of the ugliness that human beings has created.
By Opal O'Malley8 years ago in Humans