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My Thoughts While Dating Men on Tinder
Like any other single person looking for love in 2017, I decided to download Tinder.
I was 21 at the time and had never been on a date with anyone, which I was more than ready to change. I didn’t know the full extent of my gayness at the time, and figured that since I always liked fictional men, I should at least give real men a chance. Who knew, maybe I would find my Jack from Titanic, my Westley from The Princess Bride, or my Edward Cullen from Twilight..
Most of the men I met were amazing people, but I couldn’t feel more for them than platonic friendship, despite my vigorous attempt to experience feelings of attraction.
Without further ado, here is the decent, the bad, and the cringe of my experience dating straight men:
Date 1
- Why is he so touchy? It’s making me uncomfortable.
- I can’t stop peeing I’m so anxious.
- He wants another hug?
- I wish he’d stop staring at me, it’s distracting me from making a hole-in-one.
- Please no more hugging; his glasses get stuck in my hair every time.
- Oh God… he’s leaning in to kiss me goodbye? I told him I didn’t want to kiss! Evade! Evade…
