How I Met My Spouse by Ditching Online Dating ‘Rules’

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I just wanted to meet my future husband and live happily ever after. Was that too much to ask? Dating was another thing to do in an already busy season of life. Dating meant getting dressed up to make awkward small talk with someone I would never see again. Dating seemed like a giant waste of my time. So I told her no and stood my ground and lamented my singleness and rolled my eyes every time my dad and his new girlfriend flirted in the kitchen. They were as giggly and starry-eyed as teenagers and months of witnessing their love story unfold sent me over the edge.

There were no pictures of me with my other friends, lest a potential suitor find them more attractive. I kept my search criteria broad to increase the pool of possible soulmates from whom to choose. My interests and hobbies were broad and generic so as not to turn off a future spouse by being too unique.