You’re a woman of distinction who enjoys a marathon pizza-eating session after a long day at work as much as she values a spirited debate. You need a guy who gets that. Someone who appreciates you in all of your empowered glory. Someone who can keep up as you strive to balance your many passions, hobbies, and social commitments. If you’re going to do the whole everlasting love thing, after all, you’re going to do it right.
The good news? It’s not the 1950s anymore. You don’t have to get gussied up and attend some fancy event to meet an eligible guy. These days, a busy girl like you with such varied pursuits can meet someone anywhere, at any hour.
The truth is, the love you deserve might be lurking right around the corner at any moment of any given day.
You might find someone in your apartment building’s basement the day you finally carve out enough time in your hectic schedule to do a few loads of laundry. You might find someone in the waiting room of your dentist’s office as you check one more item off your list of Things I Must Do Because Adulthood. You might even find them on a dating app. (These days, meeting online is the new normal.)
Maybe you’re dubious because you’ve been hitting up the laundry room and the salon for years already and you haven’t found someone special yet. Don’t be discouraged! Every day spent excelling at independence has made you more complete in yourself, and that’s more important than any man. The best way to meet someone who actually deserves you is to do you, day in and day out.
Keep hitting up that coffee shop you love, even if your customary latté costs a shocking percentage of your weekly paycheck. Keep patronizing the dive bar that makes you feel at home. Be yourself every second of every day, and the right person will eventually come along and perfectly complement your already-amazing life.
On some ordinary Wednesday afternoon, you could suddenly spot someone with a foam mustache across the café. You’ll offer them a napkin and when you lock eyes, something will just feel right. Maybe you’ll strike up a conversation with the cutie on the barstool next to yours during happy hour. You could feel that special spark when you swipe right on that good-looking person and see you’re a match. You never know!
Whatever you do, don’t settle. You deserve someone as smart, capable, and amazing as you are.
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