My 20s were a disaster. I struggled with mental health problems. I couldn't complete my university education so I worked retail for way too long. For a while there, the thoughts were very dark, and I didn't know if I could continue.
But I did. And I'm earning my degree in 3 weeks. BEAT SWITCH!
Thought this was going to be a depressing one, eh? Well, none of that, I'm pretty happy with where I am today, and I'm finally going to graduate and be an engineer! The new chapter is here and... I have no idea what it's going to look like? The most obvious answer is "find a job," but most of the jobs in my concentration require a PhD, and I didn't get accepted to grad school this go around. Mind you, I only applied to one school, and it was the #1 ranked one so... that was bold, but not particularly smart.
All of that means that before I presumably head to grad school somewhere in the next cycle, I have some time to spend, and I'd like to use that time in-between to figure out this whole relationship thing.
With that in mind, I decided that I would expand my search to reddit in addition to the usual places you find people. You know, places like the mall wearing a sign that says "I'm single, date me please!" Or going to the beach and hijacking the lifeguard's megaphone to yell "I'M SINGLE AND READY TO MINGLE!" No, just me? Anyway, that's beside the point. The point is that I'm amazing and you should date me. Why am I amazing?
I go to therapy.
I have an 800 credit score.
I'm a leftist. Yes, the annoying kind that will distinguish myself from the liberals, thank you very much.
I'm also an atheist. In this case, the accepting kind that genuinely does not care what you believe so long as you aren't hurting anyone else.
I have 3 cats and you will get way too many pictures of them.
I've got that whole engineering degree thing. (Wait, I already mentioned that...)
Ummm... I like tabletop RPGs? (I dunno, that one seems a bit weak...)
I'm AuDHD? (Well that's not really a pro unless you're also on the spectrum...)
I umm... shower regularly? (I think most people do that...)
Ok maybe I'm not all that special. Breaking news, the engineer is a nerd who likes cats and D&D, more at 11! But in all honesty, that was just my attempt at doing the whole "about me" thing with a little more zazz. Now, who is my extra special person?
You are not conservative.
You like some nerd shit.
You live somewhere in North America. Or France, the UK, or Canada. Yes, those three other countries specifically. Weird, I know, but relevant for my field.
You're between 22 and 41. Yes, you 20 somethings who got lost while looking at more 6-7 memes, you're eligible for this ride as well! You will definitely be dating unc though so do with that what you will.
And with that, we end this post. I appreciate you sticking around for my clumsy attempts at humor. But you know, someone once said (probably a YouTube video essayist somewhere) that we're all too afraid to be cringe nowadays... I had fun writing this, so it was worth it to me.