had never imagined blocking someone after the best dinner I’d had in years, but there I was, staring at my phone, fingers hovering over the screen. All it took was one small moment, one offhand comment, and suddenly, everything felt wrong.<\/p>\n
I hadn’t been on a proper date in a while \u2014 not because I didn’t want to, but because my life had gotten busy. Work, friends, family: the usual reasons. I always told myself I’d put myself out there more when things slowed down. But the thing about life is, it never really slows down.<\/p>\n
Still, when Hayden, a guy I met at a mutual friend’s dinner party, asked me out, I figured it was time to step outside my routine.<\/p>\n
Hayden was… charming. He had this easygoing nature about him, the kind that makes you feel like you can be yourself. He didn’t try too hard to impress me, which I liked.<\/p>\n
We talked at the party for what felt like hours, diving into conversations about everything from our jobs to books, to random childhood memories. He was a teacher, which already said a lot about him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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