To the man of the city,

When I first started talking to you on Bumble, I was unsure what to expect and how to
react and how to embrace what was happening. Even though I was introduced to other dating
apps through a friend, I was never expecting anything of substance coming from it. Granted, I’ve
been brought up in a very religious and very Asian household with strict and traditional parents,
so I’ve been conditioned to think that ways like this are bad and are completely sinful. But, to let
you in on a little secret, I love the thrill of disobeying and doing things that are unheard of in the
family. It makes life in this boring household much more exciting.
So, when we match on Bumble and then moved onto Instagram, I was ecstatic.
I was thinking to myself, “Oh my god, if my mom and dad were to find this out, they’d be
furious!” By thinking that, I continued talking to you. But as time went on, I