Analog Love
A first date was happening next to me. It was pretty painful to overhear them have absolutely nothing in common. What was worse was they weren’t curious about each other. I think all romance is an enduring curiosity for another person. (nix, valley of things unsaid)
Furthermore, the world hadn’t paused. The good ones had been snatched up, just like people always said they would be. I had always scoffed at this, because I knew so many fantastic guys who were single into their thirties and forties. But chasing some of those fantastic guys unsuccessfully for years had shown me what everyone was talking about when
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Rayne Fisher-Quann • against narrative
Our breakup was so protracted, in part, because our story was so, so good, and I wanted so badly for the story of our relationship to be the story of my life — doing the dishes in the nighttime, his hands over my eyes when we watched horror movies, the love songs I wrote him on our anniversary. A math prodigy and a writer. Our children would have m... See more