“My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.”
Dating is equal parts exciting and terrifying, sometimes in the same evening. These quotes capture the awkwardness, hope, disappointment, and occasional magic of trying to find someone whose weirdness is compatible with yours.
“Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.”
“My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.”
“I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy.”
“You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility.”
“Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.”
“The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.”
“Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.”
“I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slower process for me each time I've gone into a relationship.”
“Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.”
“Dating is really hard because everyone puts on a front. It's really difficult to see who is who, so it is important to be yourself.”
“People say, 'Just say who you're dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it.' It's like, No they won't! They'll ask for specifics.”
“Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend.”
“I give dating advice on a regular basis. It's not that I'm any expert, but it's always nice to share that with your friends.”
“Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.”
“When I started dating I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful romantic idea about love which was almost that you were a victim and there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be.”
“I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life?”