I’m a 21-year-old in my last year of college in New York City.
I’ve never had a boyfriend.
(I went on multiple dates with the same person for the first time last summer. Other than that, I’ve been on 2 dates total.)
The best way to handle the natural nervousness that comes along with going on a first date with an internet stranger/possible murderer is to drown it out! Just fuckin’ blast music into your brain in order to replace the bad thoughts. Here’s a selection of my top picks!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Now that my break is over, we’re back at it, just in time to celebrate TRUE LOVE! With a brand-new entry on my online dating blog!!! Sure, why not?!
A month in and I’m still not clear on how the passage of time works — namely, every single week, Thursday rolls around and I go, “Oh, shit, I need a date by midnight!”
Punishments are designed to encourage adventurousness. Since a) I live in the biggest city in America and b) I’ve chosen to believe that my personality isn’t the problem, the issue has to be my methodology, right? Punishments force a modification of that methodology (and, theoretically, make me a…
When I left you last week, I’d been solidly ghosted by Jason on Friday night, which I wasn’t feeling too worried about, since I had a date set up with Jack for Tuesday night. (Note…
Dating is hard. Obviously! That’s basically the thesis statement of ThursDating. And although I haven’t been actively mopey about my prospects since around week six, everyone has those moments of doubt that they’ll ever find what they’re looking for. Here are some songs for when…
Halfway through the project, five dates in, and I… enjoy a date. Not ‘well, that’s over” enjoyment, not “we hooked up so that was chill,” enjoyment, but actual “time spent with a person who was good company” enjoyment. What a novelty.
I’ve discussed this before: I’m not bad-looking. Previously, I’ve conceptualized this as a ‘Survivor Hamburger’ situation, but maybe it’s better summarized in gifs from Broad City (as is literally everything about being in your 20s in…
On my quest to ThursDate my way through the men of New York City, I’ve turned to more and more offbeat methods — Hinge, last week, and now Hater.