What I’ve Learned From Four Years of Open DMs
Some of the meanest users turn out to be vulnerable, even decent, when I engage with them.

Some of the meanest users turn out to be vulnerable, even decent, when I engage with them.
For many young adults, living in their family’s home is a new norm. Their dates still don’t always get it.
If I were a perfect social-distancer, I would have stayed home. But I wouldn’t have Sam.
In quarantine, I’m living my peak singlehood while romantic cohabitators have ascended into the most heightened form of coupledom—and it’s causing tension.