As someone currently job hunting, that comment would be really off putting to me… He just sounds insensitive.

(On another note, I went on a second date Sunday night with someone from Match -my first internet dating experience so far- and it was actually really good. Our first date was a little awkward, but this one was more comfortable. And! We both recently got out of long term relationships and want to keep it casual, but it’s nice to know there are intelligent, funny guys out there and they didn’t all disappear while I was with my ex. We had drinks, crashed an art studio party (by accident), played Jenga over dinner, and made out…and it ruled. After being with someone with a low sex drive for a long time, I’m like “this is on like Donkey Kong.”)

Congrats on the job offer, @hfantods! And I’m glad you’re not changing your Ottawa trip.

My Tinder date last week went pretty well. We met up for a beer and hit it off, so after a while, we decided to go back to his place out in the boonies and way up a mountain to watch the meteor shower. We drove to the top of the mountain, smoked a bowl, and then hopped a fence onto a religious compound’s property to get to a clearing (we stayed far away from the houses and temple, though). The weather was so perfect and cool, and I’ve never seen the Milky Way so bright and clear. It was incredible. We laid on a blanket watching the stars falling and also did some probably sacrilegious things. It was a really great night. I went to the lake with my family the next weekend, but he lured me back to his mountain house once I got back with the promise of a home-cooked dinner and back rubs. We took a short hike through the woods after dinner and ended up hanging out by a babbling brook just talking until the sun started to set and we had to go back. It was another really nice night, but I started to realize that he seemed to really like me a lot, more than I could return. He wanted to spend a lot of time with me before I head back home next month, and he’s a cool guy and all, but I’m just trying to chill. He asked me out twice this week, and it was beginning to feel like a lot of pressure, so I decided it was best to just let him down easy earlier today. He took it pretty well and supposedly still wants to be friends. I really did enjoy the hooking up, and I will never forget that meteor shower, so overall it was another successful Tinder encounter.

I heard someone lost her virginity!!!

Lyra did. But technically it wasn’t a date, it was her wedding night 😉