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 […]
September 12, 2012
This story is from Jules, a 21-year-old student from Chicago, as told to Raz: It was my first time on OkCupid, and I met this guy named Alex. He was pretty cute in his photos, and he was hilarious in his emails. We had chemistry right away. I couldn’t wait to meet him. On my […]
July 23, 2012
Tyler’s OkCupid profile was funny, and ended with “*Also available in sober.” I should have taken that as a sign. Instead, I thought it was clever and sent him a message. He responded, one thing led to another, and he asked me out. We decided to meet the next Saturday afternoon for coffee. I’d been […]
Real dates, real men, real disasters
November 14, 2012
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