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There Are Worse Things than Being Abandoned
Like Tinder dates, and a pandemic.
“Left, left, left, left, left, ri… No, he has too many selfies on his profile.
Left. Left, left, left, right? God no. Why do people think liking craft beer is a personality?
Left, left, left, left on these shirtless pictures of abs.
Left, left, left, my battery is dying, left, left, left, does every Argentinian man have a picture in front of the Eiffel Tower?
Left, left, right? He’s cute… But why would he like me? Where can this lead? To a date, or two or three, and then having him ghost me? What if we get in a relationship? There’s no way any of it can ever end well, the best case scenario is we’ll break up in two or three years, instead of weeks. LEFT.
I’m deleting this app again.”
Getting back to online dating after heartbreak sure isn’t easy.
It’s Not Going Well
You only need one really bad relationship to destroy your self-confidence.
I try to get back to dating four or five times over several years, with no success. It’s not easy to meet new people in Buenos Aires so I’m left with the apps, but this method has its flaws.
