My favorite genre of people-watching is bad first dates. I’m particularly fascinated when there’s a vast imbalance in terms of interest levels, and often wish I could conduct post-game interviews with each of the players: Where was your head at in that moment? Last Friday, I was on one of those dates, and while it was easily one of the worst I’ve been on (I’d say top five, if I were to rank bad dates), it was initially promising. He was cute, the conversation started off well, and he was wearing my favorite sneakers. From there, things quickly went downhill. … Continue reading Exit Strategy