This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 Internet dates. This is date no. 20 (we posted no. 19 here). I meet Patrick on Match.com. He piques my interest because he messages me first and he has a nice […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 Internet dates. This is date no. 19 (we posted no. 18 here). Eric is bald—but in that cool way where it’s a choice. His profile says that he bikes a lot […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 Internet dates. This is date no. 18 (we posted no. 17 here). Jeff is wearing a necklace in his profile picture but his Match.com message calls me pretty so I agree […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 Internet dates. This is date no. 17 (we posted no. 16 here). John’s Match.com profile picture shows a man with large brown eyes and a receding hairline. Other pictures show that […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 Internet dates. This is date no. 16 (we posted no. 15 here). I wake up. There’s a tall man in my bed next to me. Crap. With all of Benji’s twitching […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 internet dates. This was date number 15 (we posted date number 14 here). I’d like to take a moment to ask everyone who is my parents/ever held me as a baby to […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 internet dates. This was date number 14 (we posted date number 13 here). My third date with Benji is on my 30th birthday. He calls me in the morning, sings me “Happy […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 internet dates. This was date number 13 (we posted date number 12 here). One of the reasons I’m a terrible dater is my absolute, instinctual refusal to let any man know […]
This originally appeared at In Our Words: A Salon for Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris went on 71 Internet dates in the space of two years. This was date no. 12. (We posted her previous dates here, here, here, here, here, and here.) I decide to find a dating site that caters […]
This originally appeared at In Our Words: A Salon for Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris went on 71 Internet dates in the space of two years. These were dates 10-11. (We posted her previous dates here, here, here, here, and here.) So I reactivated my account on Match.com. I receive a wave […]
This originally appeared at In Our Words: A Salon for Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris went on 71 Internet dates in the space of two years. This was not one of them. (We posted the first date here, the second date here, the third date here, and the fourth date here.) So […]
This originally appeared at In Our Words: A Salon for Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris went on 71 Internet dates in the space of two years. This was not one of them. (We posted the first date here, the second date here, and the third date here.) After the election night fiasco, […]
