i have an online dating profile that i created when i first got divorced back in 2015 that hasn’t been substantively updated since. i took a sort of stream of consciousness approach to throwing something together, with the idea that that would be the most honest (no editing) and then just left it.
there was one question that i misread when i put together my response, but even after discovering my mistake, i opted to leave my response as i had originally written it. the prompt was something like “name 5 things you couldn’t live without.” and i wrote: potatoes. (other people responded with things like “family! friends! music! books! sex! the mountains! my dog!”)
surprisingly, my professed love of potatoes might actually be the part of my profile that i’ve gotten the most comments on. who knew potatoes could be so universally relatable? such a reliable conversation starter?
honestly though, it would be difficult to overstate my affection for potatoes. there’s really no way to go wrong with ’em, as far as i’m concerned. yum.
but there’s “i’ve never met a potato i didn’t like” fondness for potatoes (and i’d put myself in this category), and then there’s “i think i’ll get a tattoo of a potato” fondness. that’s some next level potato love right there.
amirite?
eleven bee 