Ecstatic To Be Here
My college roommate decided that she would set me up on a blind date with a friend of hers that I would “just adore.” I had never been on a blind date before, but agreed to meet this fellow at the...
View ArticleWhen The Goggles Come Off
When I was 21 I met this cocktail waitress. I can’t remember her name, so I will call her Beatrice. I met Beatrice at a bar at about midnight. I was fairly drunk when I hit on her and thought she was...
View ArticleJack’s Squat
I was a young woman – early 20s, had been living with my Grandma since age 16, a “roomate” for Grandma – she was fairly OK on her walker, but she needed looking after. It worked out great: she lived...
View ArticleUnderage Mess
It was a intense and rocky summer romance. We were 17 and madly in love. Or, at least, I was. T and I were off and on again, and after a particularly big fight, we tried to make a go of our...
View ArticleNot A Hoot
My Very Worst Date was with a guy I had been seeing for a couple of weeks and met through work. We met when he was mistakenly scheduled for a job interview at my company (I’m 22 but I started a local...
View ArticleHide And Shut Up
Many years ago, I had been seeing this guy named Charlie. Charlie was a sweetheart, athletic, and handsome and (in my oh-so-cultured 14-year-old mind) I thought he was perfect. So naturally, I got...
View ArticleLeave Me Alone
I’d been online dating for a while. There was one guy, Roo, who I decided to add onto my Facebook to see if our conversation would flow a little better through Facebook chat instead of messages. After...
View ArticleDude, Where’s My Car?
I met a really cute, adorable, and kind guy at a company celebration. I almost ruined it by flirting with a co-worker’s friend, who turned out to be a complete jerk and a thief. Sadly, at the time of...
View ArticleDrone In Foam
It was Friday night and my college was hosting a Foam Dance Party. My friend Kay and I decided to go and of course, first we got tipsy. The concept of it was that the college rented an inflatable...
View ArticleCan’t Take Her Anywhere
My (now ex) boyfriend, John, and I had been dating for awhile and I had moved to be closer to him. When I moved, his mom (whom I only knew a little), Alice, offered to let me live in the spare room at...
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