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Mostly Dating

A journalist's personal essays on the indignities of modern dating

Substack Dating Weekly Updated Oct 2026

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Mostly Dating is personal essay territory: a working journalist writing through the specific indignities and occasional delights of dating as an adult, the apps, the ghosting, the friend group opinions nobody asked for. It isn't a how-to.

What carries it is specificity. Rather than generalizing about "modern dating," each piece tends to zoom in on one date or one text exchange and let the reader draw their own larger conclusions. A good fit for people who'd rather read a smart friend's dating diary than a listicle of tips.

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