Hypnotized by Love

by Sariah Wilson

But instead of staying quiet, I decided to add to the overall weirdness by saying, “I think we should decide as a society to combine first dates with running errands. That way, if things don’t work out, at least you got some groceries and picked up your dog from the vet.”

guys who didn’t tip well were an automatic deal-breaker.

I asked him to get me nachos. Because nachos got me. They were basically just tacos that didn’t have their life together.

“Where do my defensive walls come from with regard to my job? A lot of places, probably. I know that part of it is from getting labeled in school. That when they say you’re ‘gifted and talented,’ there’s these expectations of the kind of life you’ll lead, the sort of job you’ll have. That if you’re not out in the world curing cancer, then you’re just wasting your life, even if what you’re doing makes you happy. How even when you are actually doing well, you still feel like a failure.”

You should know that my superpower is total drunken recall. I never forget anything I did or said while drunk.” “As far as superpowers go, it’s not a great one.” “Yep, I got screwed over that day!” I agreed. Especially since the average person very much wanted to forget everything they did while drunk.

“No, the opposite of love is indifference. Hating means there’s emotion involved. Passion.”

Whenever I needed to escape the real world, a good book never let me down.