We met on Bumble.

He was a tall, handsome military doctor who used full sentences, proper punctuation and asked thoughtful questions about my writing and my life. It felt like grown-up dating was finally delivering on its promise: warm, curious and full of Oxford commas. I thought I’d found a good one.

I was wrong.

Here’s the thing about dating in your 40s and being a dating and relationships writer: you think you’ve learned something. You’ve read the books and been to therapy. You think you know what to look for. You know what an avoidant attachment style looks and sounds like. You know what “I’m too busy” really means. You know if “he wanted to, he would” is usually a legit litmus test for a man’s investment in you.

But then a hot Navy doctor slides into your life with good spellin

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