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DATING EXPLAINED Part I

Lord Dukes de Enfer
3 min readFeb 17, 2020

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*NOTE FROM AUTHOR*

I started writing this before I read Vanessa Torre’s article posted on Oct 11, 2019. She’s a better writer and worked much harder than I did. So read hers first.

So you say you are lonely…

I have been dating other humans since before the internet. I’ve had three great long-term relationships, one marriage, and every possible good, bad & insane experience in between. I won’t go into details about me because this isn’t about me per se. But let’s just say I like women and have been pretty good at getting them to like me back over the last 35 years (I’m 51).

In the old days, we regularly spoke to other humans in person. Now, most high-end business is done without even talking to the other person on the phone. For business, this is amusing as you don’t have much recourse if things go wrong or a real relationship with someone under the same circumstances.

If you email people for a living, how do you expect to talk to someone into having sex with you, let alone navigate an actual relationship if you have the practical communication skills of a Panda?

HOW MOST UNDER 30 DATE

With an email, you can edit, spend time thinking about it, and adjust over a 24-hour period, if not longer. And that’s once you spend a week picking 4 to 6 of the best…

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Lord Dukes de Enfer
Lord Dukes de Enfer

Written by Lord Dukes de Enfer

Shit is about to get real. Or I’m just going to complain a lot. "Medium is the new Penthouse Forum" - Ben Adler

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