How this single gay guy landed a hot date… by eating cookie dough
Singletons rejoice: it turns out eating cookie dough can get you a boyfriend.
Thatās the conclusion of a couple who met by chance in a New York City club ā whose story was shared through popular photo project Humans of New York.
The popular blog, run by photographer Brandon Stanton, this week featured a snap of an anonymous gay couple on their first date.
The pair explained of their fateful meeting: āWe met on Fire Island. I wasnāt even planning on going out that night.
āIād already drank half a bottle of Johnny Black so I was just going to stay in and read my Chelsea Handler book, but my friends promised to bake me cookies if I went to the club with them.
āSo I went to buy three bags of cookie dough, and when I finally got to the club all my friends were making out with somebody, so I was like āthis sucks,ā and I just started dancing by myself and eating the cookie dough.
āThen I saw him by the DJ booth and we made eye contact so I went over and started sharing my cookie dough.
āItās our first date. We met on Fire Island. I wasnāt even planning on going out that night. Iād already drank half aā¦
Posted by Humans of New York on Monday, December 28, 2015
āWe never actually spoke. Then a few months later I ran into him on the subway.ā
A lot of commenters remarked on how cute a couple the pair are ā and how they definitely donāt look like this:
Weāre just thrilled that all our years of cookie dough eating practice might finally be good for something.