First of all, I want to address the fact that I know my love and dating column is running on Valentine's Day for the first time in the three years that I've been writing it, but I also know that, for the first time, I want to write about something other than Valentine's Day. There's not a lot of dating to write about in a dating column when you're in an 18-month relationship. Ordering in delivery while watching TV shows on Hulu, or the joy of it being OK if you forget to shave your legs - those relationshippy things, I had covered. But I've been single for almost a month-and-a-half, and now more than ever, I have such a surplus of things to write about.
The last time I was dating like this was almost two years ago. I was 19 years old, I had just finished my second year and I was struggling to look cool in front of the guys I wanted to impress. Now I'm 21, finishing up my fourth year and still struggling to look cool in front of the guys I want to impress. Even so, the dates as a fourth year are so different and so much better. I can enjoy a good beer at dinner or be wooed by cocktails at a bar. Just last night, I was invited to a guy's house to split a bottle of wine and a pint of H
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