L.A. Affairs

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illustration of a woman reading chats on her phone and sitting with her dog on a cracked screen image of a man's face.

After my marriage fell apart, darkness got to me. Then I was catfished

I started online dating, and one man caught my attention. He was Jewish, intelligent and had a dog named Erik. ‘Can you give me your number so we can text?’ he asked.

Two men dance.

L.A. Affairs: He looked hot in his tight jeans, boots and cowboy hat. Would he ask me to dance?

Illustration by Daniel Fishel / For the Times for Kim Ohara essay

L.A. Affairs: For years, I juggled co-parenting, dating and taking care of a family cat I didn’t like

A bride places a pen and notebook in her garter hose.

L.A. Affairs: I grew up on Disney princesses and fairy tales. Was I ready for my own happily ever after?

L.A. Affairs: Oh, how my body wanted my pickleball partner! Then he opened his big mouth

L.A. Affairs: Men who don’t understand L.A. won’t understand me. What’s a city girl to do?

L.A. Affairs: Nothing scared me more than intimacy — except L.A. freeways. But I had to face them both

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