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As you may have heard, the hottest dating advice of the moment is to go out alone and interact with strangers. The trend that made the rounds on TikTok last month as “ Sit at the Bar September ” actually kicked off earlier this year when comedian and podcast host Jared Freid introduced a “summer dating challenge” on the Betches’ U Up? podcast . The premise is simple: Get off the dating apps, go out alone and sit at the bar by yourself, put your damn phone away, and talk to people.

Sounds easy enough, I know! But unfortunately, for a member of the socially awkward community such as myself, you might as well be telling me to meet men by running headfirst into a burning building. As a woman with naturally strange and off-putting vibes, you could say I’m someone who’s be

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