Paula

seeking beauty in the ordinary

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

Periods of darkness are meant to alter your life’s trajectory. You realize you must evolve and fully internalize the lessons from this time, lest your suffering be a waste. Coming out the other side stronger, and full of enthusiasm for life is the only way.

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

Girl, if I get any sexier or hotter, I’ll spontaneously combust

[̸̇̎/̸̄̿̅̎̎̅͆ ͆͆͆͆̔̿͞ ͆̅̿̄͞ ̿ ̄̇̿̚ ̎ ̎͆ @coolgirlatbar]

Sometimes you just have to shut the fuck up and get sexy

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

Wayyy too many chronically online takes on the tl recently. I bet seeing these folks’ daily screen time will explain the delusions. I’m off to get drenched in the Vancouver rain to ground myself.

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

Begging everyone to go touch grass please, it’ll do you good

[Blaine Anderson @datingbyblaine]

Texting is a blind spot for most single men. To make successful introductions as a matchmaker, an underrated aspect of my job is preventing my clients from texting themselves out of dates.

To illustrate, here’s a text conversation between one of my single girlfriends, and a guy another matchmaker introduced her to.

The guy is almost 40, successful, handsome, etc. But texts like he’s in high school.

My girlfriend got the ick.

IMO this is his matchmaker’s fault 😐

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

@redl3tters This is genius, really

[gougar! @gougaronline]

the lion does concern himself actually

[Hereafter @houseofhereaftr]

To look at someone else is to look at someone who God loves.

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

Thinking about the Grundy County auction incident today. Heavy on my mind.

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

@ManeeshaSem A vacation here will heal me

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

@seashell_luvr I thought it was just me 😭

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

This year, I’ve thrown out my list and simplified it to one guiding principle: energy. I’ll intuit the rest as I get to know you. Rigid dating checklists only serve to exhaust you and foster bitterness.

[Allie ✞ @allie__voss]

The farther you go single, the shorter your list of “must have’s” should get, assuming you do want to meet someone

Unfortunately for a lot of people (mostly women tbh) it gets longer and longer until no one meets the bar

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

@RedFlagSnark @redl3tters I agree that vetting is important, both texting and phone calls serve this purpose well.

[Hereafter @houseofhereaftr]

Prayer is what happens when the heart speaks to God.
What would change if you prayed before speaking to those you love?

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

What the helly

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

falling in love is terrible for your career and ambitions

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

@catehall The illusion of choice has ruined dating culture. Something as benign as cologne is enough to make people write others off, and it doesn’t even occur to them that this is abnormal.

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

It’s August and life is blissfully boring. Time to listen to Morgan Wallen’s heartbreak songs all month long just to feel something.

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

@megannn_lynne That’s okay, our lives are mostly shaped by the hardships we endure. That’s what makes a life story worth telling.

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

@seashell_luvr How do I stop romanticizing men when I know it’s my own projection I’m drawn to, not who they really are? :(

[Paula @Prosaicletter]

@redl3tters I agree. Being well-adjusted will bring you success on the apps (not that I condone them) and offline. That’s the first area to focus on imo