Why Emotional Connection Feels Impossible Today

“You’re not fucking smart!

Does your education make you that smart?”

“But I thought you said…”

“I was joking.

Do you think I would ever agree to that?”

“From what I hear, you’re dating healthily.

You’re looking for a guy.

Meanwhile, we’re sitting here with a fairly short time to get complete grades.

What’s the problem?”

“The problem, Jaquim…”

“Joachim.”

“Like whatever … is that I’m not going to date 10 people in 10 days that your AI picks from random dating sites.

That’s the problem.”

He shrugged.

“Why then?”

“Why then?

Because I’m not Hanbial Lectur?

“Who?”

“A psycho!

You have to come up with a new idea.”

He looked down and said calmly.

“No.

You’ll have to.

As I understand it, you have the most to lose if this doesn’t work out and now, I’ve done my part.

So good luck,” he said and walked away, leaving her gaping.

A nerd would have put her in her place better than any guy in a bar ever could.

If they had ever managed to do it.

She stared after him but not a single filter managed to produce a response.

Joachim’s back walked confidently away from there, but his face said something else.

His grades were also at stake here and not only that.

Nikki might be annoying, annoying and completely up in her own ego, but he hadn’t been able to let her thoughts go since they were paired and he couldn’t figure out why.

Maybe it was because she had liked PlaynDate.

It was his foster child and that someone appreciated it was like he felt appreciated himself.

Maybe it was that delusion that opened up a crack that perhaps shouldn’t have been opened.

Not at all.

The silence between two people can sometimes say more than a thousand matches.