What if Love never finds you?

You keep showing up, keep trying—because they say love finds everyone eventually. But what if it doesn’t?

Put yourself out there! they say, as if love is just a matter of persistence, like assembling IKEA furniture—frustrating, exhausting, but bound to work eventually. Like getting struck by lightning, stand in enough storms, and it’ll happen. So, you do what you’re supposed to. You download Bumble (again), swipe past gym selfies, questionable bios, and guys who believe calling themselves “sapiosexuals” makes them sound deep instead of insufferable and agree to another date with another man who describes himself as a “chill guy” but is visibly clenching his jaw at the thought of commitment.…

saved by

• Amir
• Aaron Pham
• Michelle Nguyen
• Vincent Huang
• Paul Tiberghien
• Lawton Skaling

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