Tag: love

Straight GHOSTED: on the disappearance of a seemingly fine-going relationship

Straight GHOSTED: on the disappearance of a seemingly fine-going relationship

“It happens!” So they say. You meet a pretty cool guy, things start to take off in what you thought was the right direction, and the next thing you know you’re hiring a ghost hunter because YES: they have disappeared forever. It’s over. You’ve just…

On the Tinder unmatch epidemic

On the Tinder unmatch epidemic

It’s 2:00AM on a Sunday. You’re swiping, swiping, swiping—because that’s just what you DO late-night when you’re feelin’ a little frisky. After a few “It’s a Match!” notifications, you notice somebody that you might actually be into; like, holy effing SHIT, this guy looks good!…

On one of the more unsolvable phenomenons: dick pics

On one of the more unsolvable phenomenons: dick pics

“I think it’s time we all stopped hiding from this, and started talking more about dick pics” It all started about six or seven years ago. I was in Columbus, Ohio, and a friend hooked me up with a visiting tattoo artist who TOTALLY wanted to, you…

14 terrible Valentines that will cheer you up on Valentine’s Day even if you’re forever alone

14 terrible Valentines that will cheer you up on Valentine’s Day even if you’re forever alone

Ahhh… it’s here, you guys. As if Friday the 13th hadn’t struck me with enough bad luck in my pretty much nonexistent love life, February 14th had to find a way to sneak up literally THE DAY AFTER. Ugh. Another year, kids: watching those smitten…

Is there hope for true love in the Internet age?

Is there hope for true love in the Internet age?

Valentine’s Day is upon us again, and once again the cynic within is poised to find evidence that love is doomed in America. And if not doomed, then at least destined to be a more pathetic, superficial version of what poets have been clamoring onto…

Is love dying in America?

Is love dying in America?

“Life is one fool thing after another, where as love are two fool things after each other”           —Oscar Wilde THIS JUST IN: Love is dead. Or well, is dying—at least in America. And the inner streak of cynicism running through…