A Girl’s Guide to Running and Screaming

Wack-a-doodle dates I wish I’d never had

Chris Raymond
The Haven
Published in
3 min readMay 2, 2024

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Scan of an unfolded accordion book with illustrations of bad blind dates.
An accordion book with an illustrated tale of my blind dates. Copyright, the author.

In the 1980s, long before there were shows like The Bachelor, let alone The Golden Bachelor (Ger, why am I not shocked you turned out to be a putz?), or apps like Tinder, you found blind dates through personals in the local newspaper and then talked to people on the phone.

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Chris Raymond
The Haven

Artist, designer, snark lover. Cynical takes on senior life, sentimental ones on family. She/her www.chrisaraymond.dunked.com | www.instagram.com/chrisrcreates/