So I went on a date with a tech guy, you know, the kind that gets excited about clean code and thinks emotional vulnerability is a bug. And mid-way through the date, he hits me with “you are kind of weird. I feel like I’m at the job interview.”
Like what? That’s not weird. That’s called having standards. Sorry I asked you what your five year plan instead of giggling at your Python joke.
But like, should I be offended? Or take it as a compliment? Because on one hand, yeah, maybe I was a bit straightforward. But on the other hand, he showed up in a hoodie and talked about some situation at work and people I don't even know for like solid 30 minutes. If asking “What do you value in a partner?” feels like a job interview, maybe you are only qualified for internships where your main responsibility is making coffee!