Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Dating

Dating

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Jen Deaderick
Jun 08, 2021
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I’ve been dating and it’s been, you know, fine. I’m not really into it. I keep forgetting that I’m supposed to flirt or be alluring or something. They’re all perfectly nice and they all look like someone else’s husband.

I ask them uncomfortable questions like, “So, do you have tenure?” and “What’s been the most painful part of your separation?” and it d…

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