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According to Raz in the City
What’s in a Name?
This story is from Dee, a 25-year-old fashion planner in NYC, as told to Raz: After a long night out with my girlfriends, we all went for pizza. A cute guy at the table next to me introduced himself. I was a little distracted by the drunken deliciousness of my slice, but I managed […]
Posted in: Your Stories
Elbow Room
December 20, 2012
I recently had surgery on my right hand. My right hand is my dominant hand. (If you’ve been noticing a decline in posts lately, this is the reason.) But still committed to the greater good (a.k.a. this blog) even though I couldn’t type or draw, I didn’t cancel the multiple dates I had set up […]
Posted in: My Stories
Feedback From a Nice Jewish White Girl with a Naughty Side
December 14, 2012
Continuing a fun tradition I started a while back (here), these are a few of the most awesomely bad messages I received throughout the month of November. The emails are in their entirety and have unfortunately not been edited at all. “So am I eventually going to get a message back? If not, let me […]
Posted in: My Stories
Walk It Out
December 11, 2012
This story if from Dahlia, a 28-year-old actress in NYC, as told to Raz: I was waiting for some friends at a restaurant in Little Italy when a guy approached me holding flowers. He told me he liked my peach coat. I was a little sketched out that this stranger was chatting me up, but […]
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Delusional
November 28, 2012
This story is from Amy, a 25-year-old arts journalist in NYC, as told to Raz: Todd and I met online. He sounded interesting in his emails, so we went back and forth for a while. Eventually, he asked, “So how’s this whole online dating thing been going for you?” Kind of an awkward convo with […]
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Wet Dreams
November 21, 2012
This story is from Laura, a 24-year-old vet student in Los Angeles, as told to Raz: I guess it all started sophomore year of college. It was required that I take a philosophy course (which had nothing to do with my Veterinary Medicine major, but whatever). The class was small and uncomfortable. I happened to […]
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Cop Out
November 19, 2012
This story if from Dahlia, a 28-year-old actress in NYC, as told to Raz: I met Tom on OkCupid. We chatted on the phone, and he seemed really great. He had an interesting background—had been in the navy—and was about to graduate from the police academy. We made plans to go out, and he drove […]
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Heads Up
November 16, 2012
Aaron and I met on JDate. He was 32, worked in finance and was kind of a cutie. I was excited when he asked me out, but our original date plans got all screwed up by Hurricane Sandy, so we resorted to a weeklong text conversation. Our text flirting was going well, and when both […]
Posted in: My Stories
On The Street Where You Live
November 14, 2012
This story is from Debra, a 29-year-old playwright in NYC, as told to Raz: A couple years ago, when I was absolutely old enough to know better , I would still sometimes give my number out to men who approached me on the street. One day, as I was taking an afternoon break from work […]
Posted in: Your Stories
A Clean Getaway
November 12, 2012
This story is from Lilian, a 24-year-old legal assistant from Boston, as told to Raz: This isn’t really my story, but considering I played a crucial role in it, I’m gonna tell it anyway. My freshman year of college, my dorm room was next to Jack’s. Jack was a sophomore and had a reputation for […]
Posted in: Your Stories
Real dates, real men, real disasters
When Bad Dates Happen To Good People 
January 2, 2013
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