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Chapter 5: The Dolphin Trainer
You know how in movies people always come up with a code word before a first date, so that if it completely sucks their friend can call with “an emergency” to help get them out of it? Well, that happened to me. Ash and I met through a mutual friend. A friend I made shortly…
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Chapter 4: The French One
In summer of 2015, my parents were set to go on a cruise to Iceland with my grandma and my aunt. Unfortunately for my aunt, she realized that she would no longer be able to go on this cruise because of a work commitment. Fortunately for me, my parents found out it was easier to…
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Chapter 3: My First Three Kisses
Like I’ve already said, I was a late bloomer. I didn’t go on a real date until I was in college, partially because in high school I didn’t have many options. I went to two different boarding schools, and while now I’m pretty open about my life now (clearly), back then, the thought of a…
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Chapter 2: The Creepy Catfish
In college, I really didn’t date much. Most of my dates to sorority semis and formals were friends, or friends of friends, so except for the time that I kind of stole my friend’s formal date and asked him out (with her permission!), I didn’t date. That is, until my senior year. When I got…
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Chapter 1: The Narcissist
Perhaps the most important character in all of this is the man that was the second half of my first “real” dating experience. Let’s call him Christian. If you’ve read my personal essay on here, “Invisible Scars,” you already know a bit about him. The one who frequently called me crazy and just generally treated…
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Introduction
When your therapist asks you if you’ve ever thought about doing something to potentially monetize off of your dating life, you know it’s crazy. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Madeline. I’m 28, from North Carolina, just finished grad school in Boston, unemployed because of Covid-19, and single. I’m a…
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How do you catch all the fish in the sea? How modern dating norms have changed relationships
It’s a beautiful, sunny day, and I decide to spend the morning taking my mini-Bernedoodle, Pepito, to the local farmer’s market for a walk. As I’m stopping to grab a frozen lemonade from a vendor, I accidentally drop Pepito’s leash and he takes off. I run after him, and when I finally catch up to…
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When you feel your opinion is irrelephant: Political Bias on college campuses
It wasn’t until my sociology class during my freshman year at Northeastern University that I first had to make a decision: Do I lie to blend in? Or do I tell the truth – and risk being attacked? We had a speaker come in and talk to us about the media, and he asked which…
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No More Damsel in Distress: Representation in Films as told by a Former Disney Cast Member
“You can’t marry a man you just met,” Queen Elsa says to her sister, Anna, in the hit Disney film “Frozen.” This was the first time in forever that a Disney character has not only acknowledged, but called out, the often criticized trend of Disney princesses getting married to their Prince Charming after nothing but…
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The Least Dramatic Season Ever: A review of ‘The Bachelor’ season 23
Can I talk to you for a second? I don’t mean to interrupt, but I have something important I need to talk to you about. It’s just, I feel like we have such an amazing connection, and I really want to open up to you about my feelings so you know what I think. Now…
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