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What’s The Most Efficient Way To Date?
You met him on an app. Tumble or Hinder or Binge. One of them. All of them. You forget which. You swiped right based off a picture and a 25 word bio — he loves dogs and traveling.
Now you’re at a trendy coffee shop/restaurant/bar. He’s talking about his recent trip to Rome. It’s a well-rehearsed story told with the perfect mixture of humor, impressiveness, and humbleness. You act like it’s the most fascinating adventure you’ve ever heard. It’s not. Both of you pretend this awkward interaction isn’t awkward. Bonus points if one of you makes a joke about how “awkward this is.”
The date is over. Now comes the fun part.
“Hey I had a great time last night. Let’s do that again sometime,” pops up on your phone.
Oh no.
It wasn’t a “bad” time, but would you classify last night as a “great” time”? Was there stimulating conversation with sexually-charged undertones?
No.
But he was so nice. Are you really going to die alone because your first date didn’t live up to an early 2000’s rom-com?
“Me too, definitely!” you reply.
“What are you doing Friday? I know a great bar.”
