This story is from Lilian, a 24-year-old legal assistant from Boston, as told to Raz: Austin and I had been dating—well, hooking up—for a couple weeks when he invited me to a party at his acquaintance Victor’s apartment. He told me I could invite a friend or two, so I asked my roommate Christina to […]
July 9, 2012
This story is from Kate, a 24-year-old merchandising assistant in NYC, as told to Raz: As a generalization, I’m really awkward with guys. This, however, was not a case of awkwardness or misunderstanding—this guy was just a little bit crazy. In college, Jonah worked at the dining hall. We’d been introduced at a party, but […]
July 4, 2012
Tina, one of my closest friends, had just broken up with her boyfriend and was devastated. So we obviously decided to go out, have many drinks and flirt with boys. It was a Thursday night, and Tina, her coworker Alison and I headed to Professor Thom’s in the East Village. Tina started ripping shots immediately—and […]
July 2, 2012
This story is from Rebecca, a 25-year-old journalist in NYC, as told to Raz: I met Nick drunk at a bar (click here for details), and we started casually dating. When it had been about a month, he started getting upset that I wasn’t willing to take our “relationship” to the next level. Basically, he […]
June 29, 2012
This story if from Roxie, a 22-year-old grad student in Boston, as told to Raz: A while back, I was visiting my hometown for a weekend. On Saturday night, I reunited with some old friends at a bar, including my ex boyfriend. Considering he hadn’t been my boyfriend since I was 15, I didn’t think […]
June 27, 2012
This story is from Rebecca, a 25-year-old journalist in NYC, as told to Raz: After my first date with Alan, I really, really liked him. After several online dating disasters, I was thrilled, and became one of those girls who would check my phone every hour just hoping he’d called. When he hadn’t called after […]
June 25, 2012
This story is from Emma, a 28-year-old teacher in Boston, as told to Raz: The school that I work at has an annual retreat for all employees, and for whatever reason, the men go to one location and the women to another. Ours was in New Hampshire, about an hour and a half from Boston. […]
June 22, 2012
This story is from Kate, a 24-year-old merchandising assistant in NYC, as told to Raz: Steven was introduced to me by a friend one night at a club. He was a year younger than me, and it turns out, went to my high school. After talking for a while, we discovered that he’d actually been […]
June 20, 2012
This story if from Roxie, a 22-year-old grad student in Boston, as told to Raz: Andrew and I had gone out a few times, but hadn’t slept together yet. On Halloween, he invited me to a party his friends were having at a bar. I wore a little black dress, a Cat Woman mask and […]
June 18, 2012
This story is from Lilian, a 24-year-old legal assistant from Boston, as told to Raz: One Saturday night, my roommate Christina decided that we should have a party. I wasn’t quite in the party mindset, so I decided to change that by starting to drink heavily about two hours before anyone was scheduled to show […]

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