Yo all. I’m 38, male, straight, socially ineffectual, and a corrosive cynic about relationships who hasn’t had a date in 6 years but has not yet sworn himself to celibacy. Do I qualify?
I observed this Valentine’s Day in a way I consider highly appropriate to the sentiment of the season: writhing in agonizing bouts of nausea, courtesy of the notorious 24 (I’m hoping) Hour Bug.
I might look like a permasingular single dad, because I’m not “looking” or asking anyone out, but I still let pushy friends invite me to dinner with their permasingular women friends, just to keep the peace.