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David Rose : Charlie Spring

Bonus: Hi.

ah, hi sweet bubba. listen: at 24, i'd never had a real romantic relationship either. i know this sounds like kind of thing that people in their thirties just say, but first of all, 24 is not old. it's not. when i think back to me at 24, i just want to take my precious little cheeks in my hands and say hey gimlet, you're still a baby. go easy on yourself.

i want to say that to you, too. you have so much time, and there is no designated timeline. there is no time in your life at which you become unloveable. there is no time in your life at which you are no longer a viable candidate for romance. maybe you will find someone tomorrow; maybe you won't find someone until you're fifty. it sounds like you want someone, so i hope they come to you soon. but there is no deadline. every single day, for the rest of your life, will be a day in which you are perfectly ready to be capable of being loved by someone new.

and, for what it's worth: i'm 30 now. i'm not married. i don't have a partner. many of my friends are married, many have kids. many don't. it's okay. if you want to find a partner, i want that for you, too. but i promise life can be really good without one. i'm really grateful that i had the back half of my twenties to myself. i'm glad that i got to grow only in the directions that i wanted to, with no compromises.

love is really beautiful, and loneliness is really hard. but love can be really hard, too, and loneliness can be really beautiful, because it forces you to ask yourself: what makes me happy outside of other people?