Your Anxiety Isn't Ruining Your Date—Your Assumptions Are
Three years ago, I would have run from that lunch table. The silence felt like a judgment, and my anxiety screamed that I was the problem. But I was wrong. The real issue wasn't my nervousness; it was my desperate, clumsy attempt to force a connection through a filter of my own making. This is the truth about navigating the beautiful, messy space of dating someone from a different world - it’s not about erasing your anxiety, it’s about shutting up your assumptions.