Mary Carter

Mary Carter

Make Dating Fun Again

Yeah, because some relationships are genuinely awful

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Mary Carter
Apr 07, 2026
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You’re not tired of dating.

You’re tired of the bullshit people call dating.

You’re tired of dead-end dates.
Of people who want validation but not presence.
Of messages full of fake intention.
Of dates that feel like job interviews with cheap wine.
Of people who say they want love, but really just want temporary company, mediocre sex, and someone to numb their emptiness for a few hours.

And then you wonder why you’ve gone cold.
Why you’ve gotten cynical.
Why you walk into a date already thinking about how you’re going to escape.

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