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It's all bullshit

As to perfectas perfection If you hold out hope ofthe perfect woman, you'll be sadly disappointed People settle That's it They fuck around until they get lonely or bored and decide they want to play house They look around at what's available and pick one

That's all

People who use the dating apps?

They're at that stage of wanting to settle The app merely finds them someone at the time In a decade, maybe even in five years, they'll be different people, and they’ll stick with their partner out of guilt or because it's easier than getting a divorce

That's not the future I want for myself

I submit the questionnaire and put it out of my mind

The trip goes well We fly on Virgin Atlantic, first class to Washington We both keep to ourselves the entire flight I'oes over the presentation By the tiht and we've barely said a dozen words to each other, each of us lost in our own preparations for the

On the drive to the hotel, we’re both on our cells, readingto texts We arrive at the hotel and I check in for the both of us, handing India her key before we take the elevator up to the floor

Since we ate on the plane, I say goodnight to her after I help her with her suitcase, closing the door behind ht tothat India's in the room directly beside me

I flick on the television and watch the sports network for a while, but after about an hour, I think of India and what Marina said, about her being so lonely and lying in her bed all alone and feel like talking to her all of a sudden

JON: Are you still awake? I can't sleep I' presentation

After a moment, she replies

INDIA: I always have trouble sleeping the night before, too

JON: It's late but do you feel like going for a walk?