Hi, I'm a basic millennial who's obsessed with astrology, and I mean obsessed. I know my entire birth chart thanks to the Co--Star app. I was not surprised to find out that both my sun sign and my Venus sign are in Virgo. When it comes to dating, I have always been very picky, and set my expectations too high. In typical Virgo fashion, if a guy doesn't meet the criteria I have on my checklist, then he doesn't get a chance. This is why I was shocked when I went on a date recently with someone I would consider seeing again.
The date was with a law student, who I shamelessly met on a dating app. After all, New York is a huge city and it's hard to meet people. We started the night at a speakeasy called Patent Pending only to discover that the wait was going to be two hours. After that, every bar we walked into was too crowded. Though it doesn't seem like a good way to start the date, it helped break the ice. My date ended up suggesting a nearby rooftop bar called 230 Fifth Rooftop. It was a nice, chill atmosphere, and had an amazing view of the Empire State Building. It felt like a great place for a first date, except for when we awkwardly walked by a neon sign saying, "kiss me here." We went straight to the bar and got drinks. I ordered a Cosmopolitan hoping that ordering Carrie Bradshaw's signature drink would give me the confidence to rock the date. He paid for both our drinks, which being a girl raised with old school southern values, is important to me on the first date. After we got our drinks, we sat down and started talking, and did not stop for almost two hours. I kept finding myself smiling and actually enjoying the night. At the end of the night he told me that he had a good time and we should hang out again soon. I excitedly agreed which is why I was shocked when he appeared to be ghosting me.
Now I should mention that every morning, I read Cosmopolitan's snap discovery. It includes various articles from their writers, cute little memes, and, of course, horoscopes. Recently, they have added daily one sentence 'scopes to their feed. For the most part, they're just cute somewhat cliché sayings. Exactly one week after my date, mine said, "He's not ghosting you. He's just busy." This made me angry because after a week of radio silence from the law student's end, I thought for sure he just wasn't into me. I decided to shrug it off and move on with my day. That night, while I was chilling in my apartment, I get a notification on my phone. I assumed right away that it was the group chat I'm in with some of my closest friends or my best friend from home, but when I looked down it was the law student. I truly could not believe my eyes. I had to do a triple take to see if he had really texted me. It was in fact him, and he was asking to hang out. I was shocked that a one sentence horoscope had actually predicted an occurrence in my love life, and I guess I'm going to have to take them more seriously now. As for a second date with a soon-to-be lawyer, that's still TBD.
XOXO,
Kristin
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