This was several years back, and I was home with my parents over the holidays. They moved to this city after I graduated high school so I don’t know anyone there outside of my family and have zero friends there. This particular Christmas was kinda dramatic and there was a lot of tension in the house (one of my brothers came out as gay to my parents, another brother announced he was dropping out of college… good times). I was dying to get out and just talk to people about literally anything but the family drama.
So I downloaded tinder… I just chatted with people the first couple days, no one really caught my eye enough to make it worth coming up with an excuse to get out of the house. But then I swiped on this guy. He was built like a Greek god (as evidenced by the shirtless photo he included) and had a gorgeous face. I swiped right and we matched :)
I didn’t waste much time chatting. Just asked him how his holidays were going and if he felt like getting out of the house or a drink. We made plans to meet at a Buffalo Wild Wings in a shopping center near my parents’ place. I tell my parents I’m meeting up with an old coworker who recently moved to the city.