Do I want a relationship or just a lower cost of living? — Have you looked for an apartment recently? 100 square foot studio. No air conditioning. Toilet is a bucket. Comes with hot plate. Pets not allowed, except for rats who co-inhabit the building. $2500 per month. Deposit $5000 and one organ (of your choosing!). This unit will go quick! Open house…

Single people: we don’t have to prove our happiness. — Why does it feel as if there is pressure to be happy while single — and pressure to prove our happiness? Any time I’m asked about dating and being single, it comes with some sort of tone. I have been single for years so this tone is all too familiar. …

Get out of my way — Dear non-coffee drinkers at Starbucks, In 1971, the first Starbucks coffeehouse opened in Seattle at the Pike Place Marketplace. Keyword: coffeehouse. It is a coffeehouse. Coffee. COFFEE. As of October 2020, there are over 32,000 locations around the world, and in each one, there are far too many individuals ordering…

If you have to explain ghosting to them, do not take their advice. — I have been single for many years. I’ve lost count at this point, but if there is one thing I know, it is that you should NOT take advice from long-time couples. “I thought dating apps make it easier to date?” my friend — who has been in a relationship…

It wasn’t last year after all. — At the beginning of 2022, I had told myself, “this will be my year.” Unfortunately, I have to change it to 2023. But 2023 will be my year. Seriously. I mean it. This is the year. I declare it as confidently as I have ever declared it before, which I…

You won’t be posting this one anywhere. — You know that one friend who always manages to make you look terrible in photos? That’s me. I hate to say that if you hand me your phone to snap a cute picture of you that you can post on Instagram or add to your dating profile than you will…