A girl has got to have a break while chasing her dream to become a hybrid of Hillary Clinton, Anna Wintour, Reese Witherspoon, and Amy Shumer. If you’re on any dating app in your early twenties, you have had some interesting experiences. For instance, as I scroll through my messaging history on one app, I have a nice “business and property owner” named Nick who asked if I’m interested in attending a fetish convention. Also, in case you’re wondering, he describes himself by saying, “besides that, I’m pretty normal.” I feel like the mixture of people on the apps or sites that I have been on range from “date and we’ll get married tomorrow” to “I’m into some pretty weird stuff and looking for some company.” With that as a range, let’s look into the five guys you will date in your post-grad dating life described by food.
Tapas Special/Froyo King – The Tapas Special guy is one who is just trying to figure out what they want. They are typically in their earlier twenties and still figuring out who they are and what they want in life. To do this, they may serial-date, go from relationship to relationship, or even just sleep with a wide variety of people. They don’t want to commit to one thing because they don’t know what’s out there. They are apt to go to a froyo place to try every single topping or to a tapas restaurant because who wants a whole dish of one thing when you can have a plethora of options? One day, he may settle down with a dish, but who wants to wait a few years for that to happen.
The Chipotle Burrito Bowl – The Chipotle Burrito Bowl kind of guy wants a commitment and wants it now. You’re up on the counter of dating and he wants to know everything, what kind of salsa you like, what you call your parents, who every one of your friends are and if you will pay more for guacamole (will I ever look so rich that they won’t ask?). This is the guy that asks you on a second date 20 minutes into your first date, which is sometimes sincere but sometimes comes on way, way, way too strong. I’m not a commitment-phobe but the idea of a Chipotle Burrito Bowl is sometimes just too much food, too much togetherness, too much of really everything.
The Grilled Cheese/T Anthony’s Pizza – We have all done it. We have all been lonely, or drunk and lonely and texted the person who we know will always flirt with us and think we are pretty with no intention of making things official or possibly even physical. The Grilled Cheese or T Anthony’s Pizza is the comforting “friend-zoned” guy that is great to talk to but things just aren’t clicking the way you want them to. While being the hometown favorite of your friends and family, the grilled cheese isn’t the most fun dish on the menu but is the most comfort food option out there.
Spicy BBQ/Fast Food Takeout – Sometimes the date is going well, you get carried away and you are now intimate with a guy who said their role model in life was Justin Bieber. While you ignored that comment because he was cute, you may be having post-coital regrets. Just like greasy fast food, it will be great in the moment and horrible almost immediately after. In times like these, you wake up the next morning, take a burning hot shower and text your friends to have brunch with you because you need to dish and analyze your life decisions.
Chinese Food Takeout – Chinese food takeout is the boyfriend material of food: always open, always deliverable, consistently good, and has a ton of menu options. You’re sick? Have some soup. You’re wanting greasy food? Here is some pork fried rice, crab rangoon and pan fried noodles. The food, like the guy, is instantly comfortable, everyone is a fan, and brings enough spicy chili sauce to keep you interested.
No matter who you go out on a date with, just remember that you are doing you and learning all along the way. Be it a good experience or a less than great one, you are just refining and learning just like anyone else.