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Truthfully, I don’t have anything against set ups. Not in the traditional sense. But I’m looking to find someone who wants all the things that I want,in all ways, and those types of deep needs are never on a “friend of a friend” dating checklist.

Online seems to be the only way for me to meet someone who shares my specific interest.

I slide my laptop off my nightstand and open it, rubbing sleep from my eyes as it boots up.

The first thing I do is head toVeiledto open my chat withDaddysGirl.

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Sometimes I forget I can’t reread the chat, and my frustration screams at each discovery. I scan the empty chat, disappointed and annoyed, and my body tenses. But then she comes online, her username appearing on the screen beneath the wordactive.

My nerves unspool, allowing the thread running through my shoulders to slacken. My breathing levels out as I sink back into the pillows and tug the laptop further up my legs. Just seeing her screen name lifts weight from my chest.

A message appears.

DaddysGirl

You’re online

I hope I didn’t wear you out last night

Last night, we talked about everything under the sun after establishing that no, she doesn’t have anything against Elvis impersonators at large. More so, just one specific impersonator in her general area who turned up for a blind date and was supposed to serenade her with Blue Suede Shoes but instead stripped down to a blue suede micro thong.

Like the other apps we’ve used that have let us down—DaddysGirlwas also no stranger to being mismatched with incompatible people outside her demographics—and how those shortcomings ultimately led us both toVeiled.

She’d saidVeiledappealed to herso I can stop worrying about everything and just… connect. Even if it’s fleeting. I’d agreed, though I didn't take that extra step to outline how Iwashoping to connect with someone interested in the same specificthingthat I am. She knows—I mean, she saw my checklist. That’s why she messaged me—because my checklist matched with hers.

Suede0989

My cheeks are sore. You made me laugh so much last night.

Her dancing bubbles appear, and life feels electric for a moment.

For months I talked to a handful of potential dating candidates across all those other apps. Not once was I ever excited to read their reply, and not once did I try to set up a physical date. But with this woman, who I cannot see and know very little about, who for all intents and purposes could actually be likeDeanorHudson, has captivated me.

DaddysGirl

I have abs now, thanks to our conversation last night.

You know, abs from contracting my stomach muscles from laughing.

I smirk.

Suede0989

Got it.

You tired? Do you drink coffee? I need to get my coffee started.

DaddysGirl

Let’s get our coffee started at the same time. Coffee date?

I swing my legs off the bed and carry my laptop to the kitchen, setting it on the counter between old takeout containers from two days ago and a phone book which I use to block the draft from under my back door when it’s windy.

I type out a response as I set the carafe in the sink to fill with clean tap water.

Suede0989