The most important dating advice I have ever received came from a source I’m embarrassed to admit: a motivational quote on Instagram.
‘If they like you, you’ll know. If they don’t, you’ll be confused.’
It’s overly simplistic, but boy did it summarise my experience over the past decade and a half of dating.
I’d spent years dating men who would alternate between romantic gestures or encouraging remarks, to unexplained lack of contact or outright apathy.
How I wish I had read that quote in my early 20s rather than two years ago.
Single again – for the 17th-or-so time – I embarked upon the degrading yet familiar act of archiving my WhatsApp history with my newest ex, accepting defeat and re-downloading The Apps.
If only I had known during those cumulative months spent in a state of confusion, that confusion itself was the answer: they weren’t interested.
Now, as a happily un-single human, I’m cautious not to be the person who smugly imparts dating advice on their unattached friends. That said, I cannot not share my own special nugget of dating guidance for those who are navigating the dating scene in their 30s: watch dating shows.
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