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This Is Why You're Single is a collection of my stories and experiences from online dating.

It's a look into the good, the bad, the crazy and the glimmer of hope to find an amazing partner.

Come back every Friday for a new story.

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Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

Show me the money.

The never ending story.

Wham. Bam. It's a scam.

Cry me a river.

Weekend Warrior.

Communication is key.

Sending out an S.O.S.

Today I don't feel like doing anything

Tasty

Secrets don't make friends.

Sunday Funday

It's not me. It's you.

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Joy Johnson

This Is Why You're Single {the adventures of online dating}
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched
May 18

May 18 Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

Joy Johnson
Oh no he didn't!

Over the course of my life, I’ve met of few men who consider themselves hopeless romantic.

It can be a cute thing at first – the sweet words, the fantasies of what the future may hold, the cuddling. But what do you do when reality hits? 

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It's not me. It's you.
August 24, 2018
It's not me. It's you.
August 24, 2018

"I just don't understand it. Women keep on ghosting me."

He said this during one of our phone conversations. I had sympathy in the moment, as I too had been ghosted before and it's never a good feeling. He was from the East Coast and was complaining about how West Coast women are more flaky. I jokingly assured him that more than likely it is just LA women, since LA men tend to have the same tendency.

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August 24, 2018
Sunday Funday
August 17, 2018
Sunday Funday
August 17, 2018

He would walk up and down the streets of Downtown L.A.

This was part of his job. I don't know what the official title was, but he would empty the parking meters and take them back to his company for counting.

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August 17, 2018
Secrets don't make friends
August 3, 2018
Secrets don't make friends
August 3, 2018

He picked me up for our first date and we headed to a local billiard house.

This particular venue had a restaurant and billiards under one roof. We decided to sit and eat dinner first. Before the server came to our table, he asked me what I was going to order.

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August 3, 2018
Tasty
July 27, 2018
Tasty
July 27, 2018

Our first encounter was on Plenty of Fish.

For those that may not know, Plenty of Fish or more commonly known as POF, is an online dating app, and I feel it is appropriately named. There are tons of people on the site. This makes online dating more fun and exciting because you are exposed to different people and can consistently talk to a variety of people and meet up.

And then sometimes it gets annoying.

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July 27, 2018
Today I don’t feel like doing anything
July 20, 2018
Today I don’t feel like doing anything
July 20, 2018

I spoke with this guy for about a week and it was all good. We planned to meet up for the first time on a Sunday afternoon.

The day was a little brisk, so I knew I’d be wearing in my new boots.

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July 20, 2018
Sending out an S.O.S.
July 13, 2018
Sending out an S.O.S.
July 13, 2018

“I need to get out of my dad’s house, move in with you, so we can get married and you can rescue me.” This is how he started the conversation on day 3.

Mayday. Mayday. Houston, we have a problem.

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July 13, 2018
Communication is key
June 29, 2018
Communication is key
June 29, 2018

We had started communicating via text. The online platform that we were on, just wasn't allowing for a free flowing way for us to chat. He was really witty and creative in the way that he would joke around and I found myself relating in many aspects. He finally became comfortable enough to ask me out on a date. I accepted and we started planning. 

We landed on a simple coffee date at Starbucks.

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June 29, 2018
Weekend Warrior
June 22, 2018
Weekend Warrior
June 22, 2018

It was a Friday night.

We met for the first time at a fancy burger joint. He was cute. Salt and pepper hair, nice smile, dimples, dressed to impress. Our conversation was really good and we were getting along really well.

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June 22, 2018
Cry me a river
June 15, 2018
Cry me a river
June 15, 2018

I had dated THE hottest guy for a few very intense months.

Unfortunately, due to circumstances, which I’ll detail in a separate story at some point, had led to our fall out and we hadn’t spoken in over a year.

In the time apart I had dated someone else, but that had just ended, so I was back on the dating app where me and the hot guy initially met. After a few weeks, I wake up to a message from my hot guy.

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June 15, 2018
Wham. Bam. It's a Scam.
June 8, 2018
Wham. Bam. It's a Scam.
June 8, 2018

You've seen this guy.

He’s super hot. His bio is all about sports and cars and other manly sounding stuff. Something is odd though - he only has one picture on his profile.

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June 8, 2018
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