As a Middle-aged Man on a Dating App, I Would Like to Show How Modern I am by Quoting a Book Published in 1992

Jennie Young
3 min readApr 10, 2023
Photo by Foto Sushi on Unsplash

Hi Ladies. I get it: you’re sick of meeting men who are “afraid of commitment” or “really busy with work” or any of the other fairy tales my gender loves to tell. Most of all, you’re done with guys who are emotionally unavailable and unevolved.

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Jennie Young

Professor and humor writer in Green Bay. McSweeney’s, The Independent, HuffPost, Ms. Mag, Education Week, Inside Higher Ed, Slackjaw, Weekly Humorist, others.