First dates. Second dates. And if you're lucky, maybe a third before the London Bridge comes crashing down, the pilot starts yelling "Mayday," and you're left staring at your phone wondering, How did we get here? Things were going so well. Oh, you don't date? Don't think you're exempt. How many hookups do you think you have left before one of them quietly fizzles into another stranger you'll pretend not to recognize on the L train? The older I get, the more I realize New York

The older I get, the less I know what the word exclusive actually means. Once upon a time, exclusive meant exactly that. You picked one person. They picked you. Everybody else became background noise. ... And the the 2020's happened, and people decided to throw standards out the window... what’s weird is now cool, and what’s not weird is considered...... weird. Now? Exclusive can mean “we’re dating, but we’re seeing other people” - Anonymous – (Girl, UWS) or “We’re emotionall