As always, love your open honesty Michaella. Throughout my 20s I've always been angered by the framing of romantic relationships as you've "made it" and that, especially women, are assumed to constantly be holding out hope for finding a partner. Now that I'm 28, it's something I feel less able to joke about, brush off and eye-roll over. I can actually feel the pity seeping into my pores and making me question myself, doubt myself. In a Noah's Ark world that's built for two, it takes resilience to be a one 💛
Thank you, Mary and thank you for reading and taking the time to leave this beautiful comment. Always scary putting something out that feels more raw and less aligned with my generally glass half full type of writing. Life is a spectrum eh!? ❤️ looking forward to hearing more about your solo pursuits too 😊
Way to make everyone else’s Substacks look bad. Really powerful piece of writing, and the entire situation BLOWS MY MIND.
I remember a conversation around a dinner table about men holding fish in dating profile photographs, and the entire situation blew my mind then, too.
Speaking of fish, I won’t patronise you with any of the ‘plenty of them in the sea’ stuff, but I cannot for a second fail to believe that there’s someone wonderful out there both for you and deserving of your demonstrable ongoing excellence.
If I had any friends I’d absolutely set you up with them. Fortunately for you, I do not.
This is the nicest comment ever!!! Pieces like this always feel much more daunting to publish because they can leave me with vulnerability hangovers or fear but I think it’s important that I don’t only show my most optimistic moments. Thank you so so much for reading and taking the time to write this comment. From such a writer as yourself, that means A LOT!!
Hahah absolutely. 2024 needs a revamp. ‘There’s plenty more men carrying fish on the algorithm’
Such a refreshing read, thanks Michaella. Cannot tell you how much I relate to "I am a very self-content, self-aware, self-assured human being but being single still gets to me." - over 4 years of being single now and I'm still too petrified to get myself involved with the dating app game 😂🌼
Hi Emma, thank you so much for reading and for your lovely comment. Refreshing and resonating were the two ‘Rs’ I hoped people would get from this one. It always feels more scary writing things like particularly when I deviates from my usual glass half full type of post. The dating app world is daunting and overwhelming, not to mention exhausting but I know if and only if you decide it’s the right path for you in time, you will flourish. I’ve been on a hiatus for over a year but have found without it, there are other ways of meeting people because you have to look for them. 🥰
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences, we need to see the glass half empty bits sometimes to know what we need to fill the glass with 😊 x
As always, love your open honesty Michaella. Throughout my 20s I've always been angered by the framing of romantic relationships as you've "made it" and that, especially women, are assumed to constantly be holding out hope for finding a partner. Now that I'm 28, it's something I feel less able to joke about, brush off and eye-roll over. I can actually feel the pity seeping into my pores and making me question myself, doubt myself. In a Noah's Ark world that's built for two, it takes resilience to be a one 💛
Thank you, Mary and thank you for reading and taking the time to leave this beautiful comment. Always scary putting something out that feels more raw and less aligned with my generally glass half full type of writing. Life is a spectrum eh!? ❤️ looking forward to hearing more about your solo pursuits too 😊
Way to make everyone else’s Substacks look bad. Really powerful piece of writing, and the entire situation BLOWS MY MIND.
I remember a conversation around a dinner table about men holding fish in dating profile photographs, and the entire situation blew my mind then, too.
Speaking of fish, I won’t patronise you with any of the ‘plenty of them in the sea’ stuff, but I cannot for a second fail to believe that there’s someone wonderful out there both for you and deserving of your demonstrable ongoing excellence.
If I had any friends I’d absolutely set you up with them. Fortunately for you, I do not.
Barry 🥹 🥹 🥹
This is the nicest comment ever!!! Pieces like this always feel much more daunting to publish because they can leave me with vulnerability hangovers or fear but I think it’s important that I don’t only show my most optimistic moments. Thank you so so much for reading and taking the time to write this comment. From such a writer as yourself, that means A LOT!!
Hahah absolutely. 2024 needs a revamp. ‘There’s plenty more men carrying fish on the algorithm’
Such a refreshing read, thanks Michaella. Cannot tell you how much I relate to "I am a very self-content, self-aware, self-assured human being but being single still gets to me." - over 4 years of being single now and I'm still too petrified to get myself involved with the dating app game 😂🌼
Hi Emma, thank you so much for reading and for your lovely comment. Refreshing and resonating were the two ‘Rs’ I hoped people would get from this one. It always feels more scary writing things like particularly when I deviates from my usual glass half full type of post. The dating app world is daunting and overwhelming, not to mention exhausting but I know if and only if you decide it’s the right path for you in time, you will flourish. I’ve been on a hiatus for over a year but have found without it, there are other ways of meeting people because you have to look for them. 🥰
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences, we need to see the glass half empty bits sometimes to know what we need to fill the glass with 😊 x
Love this 🥰
I hear you ❤️… here’s to plenty more joyous car hire experiences! Go gal xx
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