Thoughts on Everything and Anything from NYC

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The loneliest place on Earth?

New York City is full of lonely people.  They may be keeping busy and social, but in reality, they are all singular lonely souls.

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Dating in New York - No. 2

Date Name: Michael

Subtitle: The Hipster Deadpan

Place of Date: Fort Greene restaurant/bar, Tuesday night

Activity: Snack and Drinks

Evaluation: So, clearly, he was super into sarcasm to the point that at points, I couldn’t tell when he was being sarcastic or serious.  He was totally deadpan.  Hard to read.  Obviously definitely cute - tall, skinny and bespectacled.  But not sure I really felt like we connected.  The conversation trailed uncomfortably at times, and awkwardly skidded and hopped from place to place.  I felt like we didn’t really talk about anything of substance or real meat.  He certainly wasn’t well versed in politics.  And he probably doesn’t care about social issues, social change or even knows what social justice is (he didn’t even really understand community gardens).  Which is really too bad!  He was utterly cute and attractive.  Ahh well.... So it goes.

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Dating in New York - No. 1

Date Name: Justin

Subtitle: The Wholesome One

Point of Contact: OKCupid

Place of Date: Midtown pub, Saturday night

Activity: Celtic music

Evaluation: Smart, supposedly into progressive politics and policies but corporate lawyer, South American, seemed really “wholesome,” probably a good family man in the future, polite, possibly old-fashioned, soft spoken, definitely nice, good conversation, bedroom skills questionable

Conclusion:  He’s good platonic friend material, probably/definitely not boyfriend material.   But do I ask him to be friend?  Can you really be friends with a guy you went on an OKCupid date with?