Internet Time Machine

My (Mutual) Breakup With Online Dating

Why I’m ending the longest relationship I’ve ever had

Emily J. Smith
Human Parts
Published in
7 min readMar 7, 2019
Illustration: Peter Phobia

This story is part of the Internet Time Machine, a collection about life online in the 2010s.

TToward the end, I only did it at night. Penciled it in like a chore I could perform while half asleep, watching whatever new…

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Emily J. Smith
Human Parts

Writer and founder of Chorus, the matchmaking app where friends swipe for friends. More at getchorus.co (or emjsmith.com).