I know what it’s like to want to skip the dating phase and move right into the ‘we’re a unit’ phase, but damn. There’s a difference between being recklessly in love and recklessly searching for love.

They seem to not hate each other at this point and that’s great, but theirs is a particular headspace that’s totally alien to me. Devoting that much time and energy (and money) to meeting strangers seems like such an odd thing to do. Prioritizing it so highly that you’d clear out your own savings for it, setting aside your hobbies and your job and your financial security for maybe clicking with someone else seems… off-kilter? Knee-jerk? Ill-considered?

I’ve always been lazy with the whole ‘meeting new people’ thing, but I’d have to spend a lot of time in complete hermitage to consider booking a flight just to meet someone new.