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February 14th, 2019

Travel, My One True Love

Costa Rica, Flash Pack, love of travel, single, Valentine's Day travel

Hello again! It’s been eight months since I’ve written a blog post. Someone I met in Prague messaged a few weeks ago to ask if I was doing okay, since the last couple posts were so dismal. It took longer than I would have liked for things to improve—I came down with another month-long illness in [Read More]

August 16th, 2017

I Drove 119 km for a First Date

Dating, Krka National Park, long-term travel, Online dating, single, Tisno

When I wrote about bailing on my island hop last week, I mentioned that it freed me up to accept an invitation to visit the little town of Tisno—here’s the story I hinted at.

Shortly after I arrived in Barcelona back in May, right after I’d started traveling, a guy messaged me on OKCupid. We’ll call [Read More]

June 21st, 2017

Reconsidering Non-Monogamy

Dating, monogamy, non-monogamy, Online dating, polyamory, single

When I was young, I assumed I would get married–it was a question of when, not if. And I assumed the marriage would look pretty similar to all the ones I saw around me: kids, suburbs, a sort of genial affection with my husband, if I were lucky. I think these are pretty common assumptions [Read More]

January 24th, 2017