He didn’t say that, but it’s a much more appealing headline than “I don’t think we’re a long-term match.”

I was getting a haircut, telling my hairstylist about him as I showed her a picture on my phone when his text came in. She was deeply embarrassed for me but still charged me full price. Rude.

(I love my hairstylist. Shout out ❤️)

I had been seeing this Egyptian guy for just a couple of weeks, which means I had already fantasized about how our relationship would bring peace to the Middle East. Never mind the fact that Egypt and Israel have had a peace treaty signed since 1979.

I don’t consider myself an easy person to date. I come with a lot of…geopolitical baggage. The other woman, for me, is geopolitics.

Dating during the Israel-Hamas war was a nightmare, and I had thoroughly been enjoying being wined and dined without having the news front and center of my mind. I had told Egyptian guy what I had been doing for work until recently, and he seemed impressed, if not terrified that the Middle East would pop up in our cereal bowls for the rest of our lives. He was a bit detached from the region, or at least let me go on and on about it without interrupting. Thinking back,........

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