Sometimes dating can be downright awful. It leaves you with a sense of emptiness, and maybe even hatred. You go home to your box of cookies, carton of ice cream, or maybe your cat. You're wondering what you've done wrong, or just where all these people keep coming from. But fret not. Your peers are experiencing the horrors of dating too.
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I met this guy on the subway over the summer. I know, that should have been an instant red flag, but he seemed really sweet and so we went out to a small concert venue downtown. He insisted on paying for everything even though he had just lost his job, which seemed weird but kind enough. Before the band started, he told me that he was a pyromanic in middle school and got in trouble for setting bugs on fire. Then he asked me point-blank how much money I make and then called me a prude when I wasn't comfortable answering. At that point, I noped the fuck out of there real quick. --- grumsley
