First thing's first: We are not easy people to deal with. Now that that's out of the way, we can get on with the rest of the article. I feel like dating a writer would be comparable to dating a very moody, talkative Parrot, who remembers almost everything you say and will repeat it to you and/or others. But we sure are pretty and fun!
While my first paragraph might put you a little on edge, let me assure you that there are many benefits to dating a writer that will make you forget all about those pesky costs. But I get it, it should be terrifying to be with someone who lays their heart out on the internet for a living--because chances are, if you're in their heart, you're getting laid out there too.
But wouldn't you want to be with someone who can, and will, perfectly articulate everything you mean to them? All the dreams and hopes they have for you two? Someone who's not afraid to say what needs to be said and not beat around the bush, or waste time being passive aggressive--as long as passive aggressive doesn't include writing an article about the things you do that piss us off, and then quietly sliding the link to it into your Facebook messages...
So if you ever wanted to know what dating a writer is like, here are five things that you may or may not run into during your relationship:
1.Like I said, you will be written about.
A lot. When you make us happy, when you piss us off, when you're just being boring, we will write about you; in a loving and sort of anonymous way.
2.You will always know what's on our mind.
The girl who complemented our hair. The girl who dissed our hair. What we had for lunch. What we thought about your lunch. No conversation is off limits. But remember that we're always happy to tell you just how much we love you (or hate you, depends on the moment).
3. Two Words: Writer's Block.
This is not only the bane of every writer's existence, it is also your worst nightmare. There will be tears, there will be--lots of--cussing, there may be some alcohol involved, and then there will be joyful shouting, jumping, and maybe kissing; it's a process.
4. Pretty correlated to writer's block are the mood swings.
Imagine if the thing you love, the thing that gives you life, your life's calling, constantly and mercilessly rejects you... That would put anyone in a bad mood.
5. We talk to ourselves.
More than we might talk to you on a given day. Which, if you're having an off day and don't feel like talking, that's perfectly fine; we can keep ourselves occupied for hours, we think we're pretty hilarious.
For all of our quirks, bad days, and general weirdness, you will never find someone who will love you so completely, who is willing to scream it from the mountain tops of our computers, and isn't scared to tell it like it is.Yes, we are a hard species, but if you're lucky enough to find yourself dating a writer, cherish that time--because if you break up, that will be all over the internet, along with at least one of your darkest secrets.
