🖤 Halfway Through Hell: My Mid-Year Dating Check-In
Warning: contains horror stories and emotional whiplash. I would like to formally announce that I’ve deleted all the dating apps. Why, you ask? Let me walk you through the wreckage. 🏁 The Backstory Before 2025, I hadn’t really dated. Sure, there was the typical demon spawn that emotionally wrecks you when you’re 20. Then there’s the guy you use to try and recover from said demon spawn (spoiler: he’s also garbage, you just haven’t unwrapped the trauma yet). But real dating? The intentional, “I’m looking for a relationship” kind of dating? That didn’t happen until this year. In 2024, I did a lot of self-work. I got grounded, emotionally stable, and ready to open myself up to something real. Spoiler alert: I was the only one who waited until I was emotionally ready, apparently. So let’s break down the year so far, shall we? 👣 1. The Toe Dip (January) Let’s call him Larry . Larry was a nice enough guy. Cute, respectful, and—shocker—asked me out to a...