When you're single, everyone has advice for you. Especially people who haven't dated in over 20 years. Boy, are they full of it! Advice, I mean. Of course, that's what I mean. I never really felt like I had trouble dating when I was younger. I liked a boy, he liked me, we went out. Or either he didn't like me, I pined over him for 6-8 weeks then met a new boy. It didn't feel that hard or complicated. You spent time together, got to know one another, found activities you enjoyed doing together, checked on your chemistry and then boom! You had yourself a relationship. I'm not trying to make light of the tricky business of finding love. Not at all. On one hand, it's an absolute goddamm miracle that you can find a kindred flame in a whole other body. And someone who looks and smells good too! It's one of life's greatest beautiful accomplishments. Rufus Wainwright said it best (of course he says so many things best): "Life is a game, an
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