We had high hopes for our post-lockdown dating season. Like, hundreds-of-metres-above-sea-level high.Â
Stay-at-home orders eased and businesses reopened, and in my dating fantasy, I thought I'd be basking in the evening sunshine, my hair blowing in the breeze, and my confidence positively over-brimming.Â
The reality of my first post-lockdown date had me shivering at a rain-drenched table, and listening intently as my date tried to regale me anecdotes as his teeth visibly chattered. I suppose my hair was blowing, but not so much in the breeze, but more of a howling gale.Â
Before you ask if it was like that scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral when Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell are standing in the rain and someone says, "Oh is it still raining, I hadn't noticed?", rest assured I would be writing a very different article right now if it had borne any resemblance. Read more...
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