The 8 Love Interests You’ll Have
The one you latch onto because they flatter you: You’d never pick this person out of a line- up of possible suitors, but they flirt smoothly enough and you’re in- secure enough that you reciprocate. You’ll enjoy some Friday evenings together...then they actually get to know you.The best part of C format: You have one class with this person, but you think that there’s been chemistry since the start of the term. You’ll start out strong; you make them laugh, you complain about assignments together (most good Exeter conversations) before and after class. Maybe they even start sitting next to you. But around mid- term, you worry nothing seems to be developing further, the term suddenly ends, and after break you share no classes, and you realize that you’ll seem weird trying to talk to them without class as an excuse to interact.
The friend that you swear is platonic: You get to know this person through an extracurricular. You go to dinner together after, maybe then talk some more if their dorm is on your way; normal friend stuff. And you are fine with that, you’re grateful for the relationship the way it is, it’s great that their date with someone else went well... quit lying to yourself, you know what you’d do if you had the chance, what you really want. Scumbag.Married on Snapchat: You don’t know this person well, but they were looking Fine yesterday... screw it, send ‘em a Snap. After a few tries because your eye looked weird in your earlier attempts. Next thing you know, they Snap back, and you’ve got yourself a streak, my friend! This person makes your Bestfriends List by the end of the week. But then you start getting shots of the ceil- ing, and eventually give up.
Slim Pickings: This is the most attractive person in a club or some other group of... less than attractive people. Inevitably though, they see you as one of the less attractive ones.When your wingman goes rogue: It took a bit of time, but you’ve gotten to know this per- son. You’re friendly, but not yet in danger of being friendzoned: you’ve hit the sweet spot. Then you make the mistake of introducing them to your best friend. You’ll forever doomed be their answer to “how they met.”
When your wingman is incompetent/ unwilling: This one’s self-explanatory. You go through a mutual friend, and they handle it in the most opposite way possible. Get some real friends.The child: They’re a grade below you, and look up to you; you impart wisdom and give advice... Aaaannnnd you’re into them. But at this point, you’re in the only place worse than the friend-zone: the parent-figure zone. Nasty.