Spread the Love. Just Don’t Be Boring.

“So like, you work how many hours?”

“About forty. But I get paid overtime.”

“Really? Do they do time and a half? Or do they just work it into your salary?”

I mean, that’s the most boring conversation you’ve ever read, right? I actually almost fell into a coma writing it. But yet, I heard it this afternoon as I was walking in the freezing (what the HELL, right?!) weather to my luscious hair appointment. It wasn’t the horrid content that made my ears perk, but the way it was being said and who was saying it.

Knowing the bumpy, hesitant, enthused speech pattern of a first date all too well, it seemed quite certain that the speakers had just met each other for the first time. Ever. In their lives.

It’s funny. The way we talk with new people we’re trying to impress. The questions we ask. We want to seem so interested, so cool, so inquisitive, we’ll ask anything. We’ll delve into someone’s work schedule with a fiery fervor, pretend we know all of the 784 bands they list as their favorite, and stare into their eyes happily as they detail what exactly they’re studying or what exactly they do for a job. Once I listened to a cute boy explain his financial occupation for twenty minutes without comprehending a single word.

But damn, did I look fascinated.

As much as I hate hate hate the initial awkwardness of a first date, it’s a necessary evil in the world of Singleness. Meeting people on campus is all fine and good, but what if you go to an insanely small school or are just plain fed up with every single person you see on your way to the library? You gotta think outside the box—or rather, outside the frat party. Reaching out for new ways to meet people always feels strange, but I mean, what else is there to do? Stare at your poster of Jake Gyllenhaal without his shirt and meditate on it coming to life? (It doesn’t work. No matter how many hours you spend squinting. Trust me.)

In an attempt to help single, beautiful girls from all over find cool people, I have unearthed this site: OkCupid.com.

It’s online dating with a sense of humor. And best of all? It’s FREE. You can see pictures and read profiles without paying a dime. Honestly.

So I mean, give it a try. Spread the love.

Just make sure you make it interesting.