The Slow Burn
CaitOn singlehood, dating, and the culture around it all
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The unspoken stages of the almost-relationship
It’s 2026, which means situationships are running amuck, definitions are blurry, and “seeing someone multiple times a week” and “relationship” are no longer the same thing. Collectively, we’re taking it day by day and seeing how it goes…so...
The best decision-making advice I got on a bad first date
This is the story of a ‘life-changing’ decision-making framework I learned from a bad first date.
It was spring 2025, and I was meeting Ben at a cocktail bar in Central Square. He owned a software business, and we had similar backgrounds,...
What to Look for in a Partner (According to My Married Friends)
A few weeks ago, I posted my first Cait’s Dating Desk
and got a question in the comments: How do you decide to continue seeing someone a few dates in when it’s not bad, but there’s not a strong spark?
My Saturn is returning, and I’m still...
Friends, first
While doing qualitative research with my married friends for my next piece, I kept getting stuck on something: the lack of time in modern dating.
There’s an unspoken timeline to it. Kiss by date three. DTR by month three. Move in, or move...
Dating with a blocked root chakra
Last August, a psychic in the West Village told me my root chakra was blocked.
I didn’t fully know what she meant, but I suspected she was right. She explained that the root chakra governs stability, belonging, feeling grounded in one pla...
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