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My friend decided we needed a collective revamp for our social and love lives.

reverse nostalgia Eszter Feb 13, 2025 5 2 1 Share Waiting by Edgar Degas My friend decided we needed a collective revamp for our social and love lives. Half-way done with our degrees, we’ve settled into the soft, familiar grooves of routine. It’s been comforting, but stagnant. We need new energy, new people, a spring cleaning of our weary assumptions about love, about connection. So, she decided to host a blind date dinner—an informal gathering of friends and friends-of-friends on the week of Valentine’s day. The preparations were endless— making seating arrangements, printing name cards, buyi

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