Relationship Baggage and Why I’m Now 6 Foot Tall
9 min readOct 15, 2017
Allow me to ramble a bit about relationship baggage, dating, and why it never gets easier.
I remember the good old days of dating. I was 19, open to meeting anyone for any reason, no expectations, and most of all, no baggage.
As life changes though, I found myself start adding more options to the dating profile.
- Smoker.
- Bisexual.
- Wants kids and marriage.
- Has children.
- Wants marriage, maybe more children.
- Has Crohn’s Disease.
- Divorced.
- Maybe wants marriage, but no more children.
- Polyamorous.
- Doesn’t want marriage or children.
- In a relationship.
- In 4 relationships.
- Single
- Wants something between living together and marriage, but no children.
- HSV2 positive.
- Wants anyone who isn’t afraid to touch me.
And on the other end, my tastes have narrowed. I feel a lot more judgmental about how other people come across. Am I still into BBW? Am I still into lots of sex? Am I still into “adventurous” people, or do I want to…