u/hsarda21

Okay so I'm 27, based in India, work in tech, and my life is honestly pretty quiet by choice. Evenings are whatever game I'm currently obsessed with, an anime I've been "almost done with" for three weeks, or a show I told myself I'd watch casually and then finished in two days. Nothing extraordinary on the surface.

But here's the thing. I've been to Vietnam, walked around Ho Chi Minh City alone, sat at cafes with great coffee and no one to say "try this" to. Went to Kuala Lumpur, same story. Both trips were good. But good is kind of the problem. There's a specific feeling of seeing something beautiful or strange or funny and having no one to turn to, and I'm done collecting that feeling.

Underneath the quiet life there's someone who remembers the small things you mention, follows up on them three weeks later, and actually means it when he asks how you're doing. I don't have a big ego, I don't play games with people's feelings, and I'm genuinely better at listening than most people expect.

I'm not looking for something casual or something that fades after a week of good morning texts. I want something real. The kind where you talk properly, sometimes disagree, share what you're watching, and slowly figure out that you actually want to keep this person around. Someone where even a random Tuesday conversation feels like something worth having.

If any of this felt familiar, tell me where you'd go if someone said yes to a trip right now. I'll tell you mine.

Photo: Here

Okay so I'm 27, based in India, work in tech, and my life is honestly pretty quiet by choice. Evenings are whatever game I'm currently obsessed with, an anime I've been "almost done with" for three weeks, or a show I told myself I'd watch casually and then finished in two days. Nothing extraordinary on the surface.

But here's the thing. I've been to Vietnam, walked around Ho Chi Minh City alone, sat at cafes with great coffee and no one to say "try this" to. Went to Kuala Lumpur, same story. Both trips were good. But good is kind of the problem. There's a specific feeling of seeing something beautiful or strange or funny and having no one to turn to, and I'm done collecting that feeling.

Underneath the quiet life there's someone who remembers the small things you mention, follows up on them three weeks later, and actually means it when he asks how you're doing. I don't have a big ego, I don't play games with people's feelings, and I'm genuinely better at listening than most people expect.

I'm not looking for something casual or something that fades after a week of good morning texts. I want something real. The kind where you talk properly, sometimes disagree, share what you're watching, and slowly figure out that you actually want to keep this person around. Someone where even a random Tuesday conversation feels like something worth having.

If any of this felt familiar, tell me where you'd go if someone said yes to a trip right now. I'll tell you mine.