Back by popular demand (and because I’ve received so many bad OkCupid messages that I’m starting to think these men know I’m collecting them), here’s a compilation of some of the best bad emails I’ve received lately. They are unedited, they are unfiltered, and they definitely didn’t get a response. 1. “So when are […]
November 3, 2013
I met Aaron on Hinge, my new favorite dating app. For those unfamiliar, Hinge sets you up with your Facebook friends’ single friends. It’s awesome because it feels less random than other dating sites. After all, you already have a friend in common! Anyway, Aaron seemed normal enough, and he was Facebook friends with a […]
October 22, 2013
This story is from Ashley, a 24-year-old project manager from Madison, WI, as told to Raz: Right after college, I moved to a new city to start working at a software company. My roommate Lana and I went out for dinner and drinks on Saturday night to explore our new hometown. We grabbed sushi downtown and ended […]
October 17, 2013
This story is from Rebecca, a 26-year-old journalist in NYC, as told to Raz: Jon and I had been dating for a few months, but waiting to have sex. Finally, we decided that a weekend getaway would be a fun way to commemorate our “doing it” for the first time. He invited me to his […]
October 2, 2013
This story is from Donald, a 26-year-old entrepreneur in NYC, as told to Raz: Kate was my high school girlfriend. Now we both live in NYC, and in the 8 years since high school graduation, we’ve had a few run ins. A couple of those run ins have resulted in drunken make outs in bars. […]
September 24, 2013
This story is from Eliza, a law student in NYC, as told to Raz: It was the beginning of my first year of law school, and, in some of my more boring classes, my girl friends and I played a game where we made lists of those in the room we’d be willing to sleep […]
September 10, 2013
My friends and I spent Labor Day weekend on Fire Island. Our first night there, after a rousing game of Musical Chairs Flip Cup (You’ve never played Musical Chairs Flip Cup?! You’re doing it wrong.), we headed out to the bars. Our chosen bar’s dance floor was almost completely empty. But we were all riled […]
September 4, 2013
This story is from Sofia, a premed student in Seattle, WA, as told to Raz: I have to admit, I was looking for a one night stand. I met Ryan on OkCupid and he seemed pretty cool. He was a computer science and applied math double major at Berkeley and I definitely find intelligence attractive. […]
Real dates, real men, real disasters
November 15, 2013
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