Couples were cute when they were coupling in their own space—conceptual, theoretical couples. Couples too far away to remind you you were probably going to end up in a house by the sea alone…though honestly, that didn’t sound too bad. I couldn’t imagine myself entangled with someone long enough to want to share a house by the sea with them. So, knowing deep down that I couldn’t envision being someone’s “other half,” witnessing romantic love firmly placed it on my list of awkward social experiences I preferred to avoid.
