A few weeks ago, I went on what was supposed to be a simple date. Nothing dramatic or risky, just lunch with someone I had been speaking with consistently for about two months. By that point, it didn’t even feel like meeting a stranger. We had been introduced through a work connection and built what I thought was a genuine rapport. We texted regularly, exchanged voice notes, and slowly shared small pieces of our everyday lives with each other. The conversations weren’t surfac