Dear Readers,

Looking for love? It's down the hall, sitting in class next to you, or a few clicks away.... 

 

R.A.W. 2011: Love is a click away

I moved to Minneapolis the summer following graduation to start my college life. As for my love life, I moved here for a job and a guy I was seeing around graduation. Things fell through with the guy after I got here. We never spoke again. I had an intensely crummy summer and started to spend a lot of time on OkCupid.com. At the end of August was when I met HIM. His profile said he was a graduate student studying social psychology, a vegan, very politically oriented, open and friendly. One night, I hopped on OkCupid and messaged him. I said something to the effect of "It's late. I'm new to Minneapolis. I'm hungry. Any cool restaurants you can recommend?" He suggested a vegan restaurant and asked if he could meet me. It was spontaneous. We met and had a wonderful conversation. When we left the restaurant, we took a walk together. When it was time for him to go back to his place, he gave me a quick peck on the lips. I was honestly taken aback. I thought, "Wait, he LIKES me?" As soon as I got home, I messaged him telling him I made it home safely. I suggested we meet up again for some Frisbee and a movie. Six months later, we're still playing Frisbee, watching movies and eating at vegan restaurants. I'm very much in love. He's an earthy vegan minimalist hippie from northern Minnesota, and I'm a Chinese girl from Kansas with a lot of baggage (emotionally and otherwise). We found the right amount of patience and know how to challenge for each other. Occasionally, we send messages through OkCupid to each other pretending we've just stumbled upon the other's profile. We remark how good-looking the other person is, or how much we want meet up for a beer.

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