I caught feelingsfeelings from a Hinge hookup

I don’t want anything serious. Just somebody to hook up with on a regular basis. Dates, drinks. Hotel rooms. That kinda thing. I’ve been single for some time now and I’d like to keep it that way because being in a relationship, all the emotional turmoil… as a business owner I don’t have time for it.

I come across Marcus on Hinge, scroll across his info. 24 years old. 6′ 4. Doesn’t have children. Non-smoker. Drinks only sometimes. There’s pictures of him topless in waterfalls. Dressed up as pacman – bizarre, but at least he has a sense of humour. In his free time he cycles.

It’s all very perfect.

The chat flows naturally. He’s a little flirty. Has good emoji vocabulary. Uses the winking face excessively. We agree that talking stages – texting for weeks on end – aren’t really our thing, just makes meeting up ten times more anxiety-inducing, so we arrange to go for some drinks on Saturday and get to know one another in person.