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    Dating as a Single
    Dyke in My 60s

    Elaine Bennett
    Nov 8, 2021
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    When I Got COVID, My Wife and I Went Through It
    Together; How Will Things Change When She Returns to the Office?

    Heather Hogan
    Apr 27, 2021
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    I Spent All of Quarantine Craving a Crush –
    Post-Vaccination, I’ll Have to Discover What I Really Want

    Drew Burnett Gregory
    Apr 22, 2021
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    After a Crash Course in Cohabitation, My
    Pandemic Relationship Will Have to Weather Outside Socialization

    Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
    Apr 19, 2021
  • A phone screen shows icons for Bumble, Tinder, Plenty of Fish, Hinge and OKCupid
    dating

    Dating as a Single
    Dyke in My 60s

    Elaine Bennett
    Nov 8, 2021
  • A composite of three photos; L to R: Heather holding her vaccine card and sticker; Heather and Stacy taking a selfie together outdoors with masks on; Stacy holding her vaccine sticker up next to a cat
    first person

    When I Got COVID, My Wife and I Went Through It
    Together; How Will Things Change When She Returns to the Office?

    Heather Hogan
    Apr 27, 2021
  • A girl wearing a facemask inside a dimly-lit indoor space lifts open the space between two slats of window blinds to tentatively peer out
    love + sex

    I Spent All of Quarantine Craving a Crush –
    Post-Vaccination, I’ll Have to Discover What I Really Want

    Drew Burnett Gregory
    Apr 22, 2021
  • A photo of moving boxes, a small lamp and small potted plant stacked up against a wall.
    love + sex

    After a Crash Course in Cohabitation, My
    Pandemic Relationship Will Have to Weather Outside Socialization

    Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
    Apr 19, 2021
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A phone screen shows icons for Bumble, Tinder, Plenty of Fish, Hinge and OKCupid
dating

Dating as a Single Dyke in My 60s

Singlehood in my late 50s to early 60s feels like trying to climb a sheer mountain cliff armed with only a bottle of lube
Elaine Bennett —
Nov 8, 2021
covid-19
dating post-vax
A composite of three photos; L to R: Heather holding her vaccine card and sticker; Heather and Stacy taking a selfie together outdoors with masks on; Stacy holding her vaccine sticker up next to a cat
first person

When I Got COVID, My Wife and I Went Through It Together; How Will Things Change When She Returns to the Office?

“We probably won’t be together this much again until we’re both retired, and even though it has been, at times, harder than anything either of us could have imagined when…
Heather Hogan —
Apr 27, 2021
dating post-vax
A girl wearing a facemask inside a dimly-lit indoor space lifts open the space between two slats of window blinds to tentatively peer out
love + sex

I Spent All of Quarantine Craving a Crush – Post-Vaccination, I’ll Have to Discover What I Really Want

Am I excited for the backdrops of my stories to vary? To have more sex? To meet people in real life? To fuck a couple and leave? To fly to…
Drew Burnett Gregory —
Apr 22, 2021
dating post-vax
quarantine
A photo of moving boxes, a small lamp and small potted plant stacked up against a wall.
love + sex

After a Crash Course in Cohabitation, My Pandemic Relationship Will Have to Weather Outside Socialization

“I usually have an anxious attachment style, and it has moved toward becoming more secure during the pandemic, but that could shift again as we start to spend more time…
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —
Apr 19, 2021
dating post-vax
quarantine
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The Bittersweet Magic of Falling in Love with My Best Friend During the Pandemic

“As wonderful as this time together has been, as close as we’ve gotten, we both know that once the world opens up a bit more, we’ll finally get to have…
meg —
Apr 12, 2021
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