Seattle's a small city, and it was bound to happen at some point.  I was out with friends for bar trivia, when a man I met online a month ago walked into the same bar and sat down at the table next to me.  I quickly turned my head away and begged my friend for the use of her smart phone, making a beeline to the bathroom and logging into my OkCupid account so I could look up his name.  I did spend 2 hours of my life with him, after all.

Spending the night with my head tilted in the opposite direction of his chair did not seem like a kind thing to do to a former date- or a healthy position for my cervical paraspinal muscles- so after I located his name I went over and said hi.  He did not appreciate my friendly gesture or return any eye contact, and I still spent the rest of the night with my neck in a crick.

When I got home I had a new message from him in OkCupid, congratulating me on placing in trivia.  Because in this city, we can only communicate with each other online.