The following submission have been edited for clarity and readability. As a special treat for January, this month’s issue has two submissions

I went on a first date once with a guy from Niagara Falls. He took me to a sports bar and ate two pounds of extra hot chicken wings pretty ferociously, not cleaning his hands or face once. He watched the hockey game the whole time, barely making conversation. A few days later he changes his relationship status to taken on Facebook. I guess he was seeing more than one person! 

Well, he definitely took one approach to a first date. I am not totally sure what his tactic was for this date, but it clearly wasn’t good. Why ask someone out on a date to not talk to them. Good luck to whoever he ended up in a relationship with. Personally, I think that you dodged a bullet in this case. He was not worth your time or your energy. You deserve someone who reciprocates the same effort you put into the relationship.  

I went out with a boy, and he took me to Denny’s, terrible start. The second we sat down he started to talk to me about how much he hates his ex and how he wants his next girlfriend to be his wife. He then asked me what I’m in school for; I said criminology and that I want to be a lawyer. He said all lawyers are liars and that you can’t trust anyone that is a lawyer. He then proceeded to say that he wants a wife that will cook and clean for him because he is a hardworking blue-collar man. Finally, he talked about how he has to take care of his mother with dementia and how he needs a girl to take care of his mother when he can’t.  

First of all, that is a lot to talk about on one date. Dude was straight forward and to the point in the worst way. So much judgement about your field of study and future career, about what he expects his wife to do. This man showed all his true colours on the first date, started way too strong and mildly entitled. You deserve someone who is going to treat you as their equal. They should respect your profession and not judge you based on stereotypes.  

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This article was originally printed in Volume 24, issue 5 on January 9, 2025.