If You're Single for 25 Years, You Become a Magician

After reading a famous article circulating on the internet, I didn't laugh like everyone else, instead, I counted how many years I had left.

If it meant becoming a real magician, it wouldn't be unfair.

Actually... I was more curious about "What exactly is the standard for being single?"

Can you say you've dated if you've dated for even a day?

Do you have to hold hands, and even kiss, to say "I'm not single"?

At that time, the criteria were different for everyone, making it difficult to define.

Now, it's solidified as "someone who has had a '썸' experience but no dating experience".

The word "썸" is natural these days, but looking back at 2008 when it was selected as the word of the year, its history isn't that long.

Sixth grade elementary school.

I secretly liked a boy in the same class, we played pranks on each other, and had a "썸". I also received confessions from boys my age or older in my clubs.

I'll never forget the day I talked on the phone with a boy I had a crush on for 6 months, and he confessed, "I actually liked you too".

I was so excited that our hearts were connecting with each other, I even boasted to my close friends, saying I had a boyfriend.

I said we'd go on a date soon.

Exactly a week later, he left a message saying he had an unavoidable situation and then disappeared, which was the beginning and end of my first love.

The shock was so great that it took me 3 years to recover.

I went through the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. By the time I finally overcame it, I was in college.

Although my teenage love failed, I thought, as soon as I got to college, I'd be able to meet male classmates or seniors, attend classes together, and naturally start dating on campus with green grass!

Sadly, that dream didn't come true.

I bombed the college entrance exam and ended up going to a women's university. I regretted it for a long time, wishing I had retaken the exam to go to a co-ed university.

I received many questions about whether women's universities have a lot of blind dates, but it depends on the department.

Unless it's dance or fine arts, there aren't many blind dates.

Women's universities were suffocating spaces where everyone intensely focused on studying.

Of course, I occasionally went on blind dates.

My schoolmate grabbed my shoulder with a serious expression and said, "Hey, this blind date is only for you." and gave me the number.

I'm 170cm tall, which is almost 170cm, and I went on a blind date with