Menu for a Situationship

issue01: LOVE
Written By Tonya Riley

dedication:

To everyone that led me to you

First Course

-Shared jokes amuse-bouche

-Sex

-A goodbye kiss brined in suspense

Second Course

-Meeting his friends

-Joking about what kind of dog you’ll adopt

-Sex relevé

Third Course

-Left on read

-Fight outside of a bar because you swear he’s texting his ex

-The drunken “I love you” with a second day reduction

Fourth Course

- “This isn’t working”

-Your heart à la broche and flambéed

-Ghosted vol-au-vent

Dessert

-10 drunk phone calls

-Banging on his door until your knuckles bleed because why? What did you do wrong? You will never know

-Crying on your couch à la mode

Optional Wine Pairing

-Phone call with your mother

-Anonymous r/relationship post

- Text with an ex affiné

All bills include an automatic 22 percent service fee for our staff’s despair. Thank you for dining with us.

Tonya Riley
Tonya is a writer who lives in Washington, D.C. with her cat. Her work has also appeared in Maudlin House, fauxmoir, and Persephone's Fruit (forthcoming.) She is working on her first novel.
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