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Date #41: The Final First Date
We have another short post for yall so at the end I am including a list of good and bad first dates to reflect on this journey June 2, 2024 I travelled a good way for Date #41 – an hour drive to Columbia, MD for a bowling date. He said he would pay for my gas so he already had points in my book. We met at Main Event , an entertainment center similar to Dave & Busters, and something told me to arrive early because why would I not think it would be crowded at the mall on a Sat

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Nov 48 min read


The Non-Date
April 26th, 2024 I was attending a “Friends in DC” event at Metrobar , an outside bar in NW DC for a trivia game night. I was seated in...

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Aug 187 min read


Date #40 - An Unsolved Mystery: Why I Even Showed Up
Since this one will be a short post I’ve included a list of first-date questions/topics for when conversations get stale. Keep reading to...

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Jun 106 min read


Date #39: The Dark Side of Desire (Part II)
I didn’t expect for this story to be told in two parts, but here it goes: So Germany goes back to Germany and I truly did think we...

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May 2116 min read


Date #39: The Dark Side of Desire (Part I)
This story isn’t family appropriate and although all are welcome to read, content may be uncomfortable for some March 21, 2024 So in my...

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May 413 min read


Date #37 & #38 - Looks vs. Personality: Why Can't I Just Have Both?
March 16, 2024 For this date I got invited to PlantHouse in Arlington, VA to a terrarium-making workshop. If you don’t know what that...

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Apr 76 min read


Date #35 & #36: From High Hopes to Hard Passes
February 17, 2024 I met #35 at Punch Bowl Social in Arlington, VA. By this time I’m already familiar with the place so although I like...

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Mar 1017 min read


Date #34: New Year, Same Disappointments
January 21, 2024 I was turned off by #34 the minute I walked into the restaurant. I’m not saying he was a catfish, but it was obvious he...

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Jan 207 min read


Date #33 (Part IV): Closure or Question Mark?
February - March 2024 Ivory knew I was looking for a job, so the day after we agreed to stop all communication, he sent me a position he...

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Dec 13, 202415 min read


Date #33 (Part III): Beyond the 3-Month Facade
January 2024 A week after our New Year's conversation, he called me, and like we agreed… he updated me on a few things that had happened...

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Dec 8, 202410 min read


Date #33 (Part II): Holiday Funk
Not a lot of time had passed before Ivory and I had spoken again, I’m talking a few days. Honestly, it was as if the conversation had...

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Dec 1, 20248 min read


Date #33 (Part I) - Good Guy, Bad Fit: Reasons Why I Had to End It
October 14th, 2023 Date #33, we’ll call him Ivory being that he was from Ivory Coast, was the first guy I dated “seriously” after...

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Nov 24, 20249 min read


Date #30, #31, and #32: The No-Name Bunch
Title explanation: These next three guys are the only ones from my whole dating series that I cannot recall their name off the top of my...

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Nov 15, 202411 min read


Date #29: Faded Too Soon
April 27, 2023 Around this time is when I started therapy. There wasn’t a specific reason or event that led me to it, just needing...

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Nov 8, 202415 min read


Date #28: Vanishing Acts
Fall/Winter 2022 #28 was my second heartbreak since moving, and took me the longest to get over (word on the street is I’m still trying...

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Oct 25, 20248 min read


Date #26 & #27: Bitter Coffee and Bitter Opinions
August 6, 2022 Date #26 was my third first date in a row. But unlike the first two, this one ended right after the date… sort of. He was...

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Oct 21, 20244 min read


Date #25: Just A Fun Time
August 5th, 2022 Cameron (Date #24) and Date #25 (nicknamed Rain) are two guys I dated at the exact same time which almost never...

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Oct 7, 20249 min read


Date #24: The Fall of Something Special
August 4th, 2022 “Whoever gets there first shares their location,” Date #24 texted me. We agreed to meet up at the Washington Monument...

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Sep 30, 20248 min read


Date #23: From Date to Detective
Author’s Note: In no way should Date #23 have his own post but the next two dates will have their own and I wanted to continue keeping...

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Sep 25, 20245 min read


Date #22 (Part III): Tried Our Best
October 2023 I started dating someone else, again… and was more into him than I was Syre. Of course I’m posting him, us going out, what...

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Sep 11, 202410 min read
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