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 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 […]
May 20, 2012
This story is from Rebecca, a 25-year-old journalist living in NYC, as told to Raz: Tyler and I met at a friend’s party. A friend who assured me that Tyler was a great guy and I should “totally go for it.” So I did, and after about thirty minutes of my flirtatious charms, he asked […]
May 18, 2012
This story is from Kate, a 24-year-old merchandising assistant in NYC, as told to Raz: In case you missed Part 1 (which is right here, so you can just read it now), here’s what happened: Co-worker Simon is old but gorgeous. He sucks at showing up when he’s supposed to. I had too many cocktails […]
April 30, 2012
This story is from Stephanie, a 24-year-old office manager in NYC, as told to Raz: It was my average terrible commute to work. The 4/5 train was so crowded that I was shoved up against the door. But I decided to make the best of it, cranking up the volume on my iPod and silently […]

Real dates, real men, real disasters
June 27, 2012
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