L.A. Affairs

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L.A. Affairs: I’m sober, anxious and 61. Could I survive L.A.’s rough dating scene?

I agreed to go on a coffee date with a guy from the program. We met at Cafe Gratitude in Venice. I ordered an I Am Precious smoothie, but he went on and on about himself.

LA Affairs illustration by Andreea Jurj / For the Times for Chrissie Leong essay

L.A. Affairs: I had strict dating rules: No teachers, no only children and no one from the Valley

A woman in a supermarket aisle trying to shop but men keep noticing her and try to get her attention

L.A. Affairs: Why do older men keep hitting on me at the supermarket?

illustration of a man and a woman walking, with the shadows of two other figures alongside theirs on the ground behind them

L.A. Affairs: After losing our spouses, we found love again. But were we cheating on our children?

a car sits at a fork in the road, the driver and passenger look in opposite directions

L.A. Affairs: It’s hot when a man drives to me. But would this new guy make the trek from the Valley?

illustration of a man with a series of faces cascading inside him all looking at another man

L.A. Affairs: He wanted L.A. I wanted New York. A panic attack changed everything

A man and a woman sit at the bottom of a long twisty hourglass that has artifacts of their past inside

L.A. Affairs: Could a close friend who always ‘got’ me become something more?

illustration of a suitcase framing images of a couple and L.A. landmarks

L.A. Affairs: Would taking a trip with this new guy finally push us out of the ‘polite’ phase?

L.A. Affairs: The rocker guy I dated bragged too much. But he taught me a big lesson about myself

L.A. Affairs: I’m a black woman. He’s a white guy with a pickup truck. Here’s what happened

Illustration by Hanna Barczyk / For the L.A. Times

L.A. Affairs submission guidelines

L.A. Affairs is a first-person column in the Los Angeles Times chronicling romance and relationships. We are looking for original essays. Here’s how to send us yours.

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