How this single gay guy landed a hot date… by eating cookie dough

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Singletons rejoice: it turns out eating cookie dough can get you a boyfriend.

Thatā€™s 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: ā€œWe met on Fire Island. I wasnā€™t even planning on going out that night.

ā€œIā€™d 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.

ā€œSo 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 ā€˜this sucks,ā€™ and I just started dancing by myself and eating the cookie dough.

ā€œThen I saw him by the DJ booth and we made eye contact so I went over and started sharing my cookie dough.

ā€œItā€™s our first date. We met on Fire Island. I wasnā€™t even planning on going out that night. Iā€™d already drank half aā€¦

Posted by Humans of New York on Monday, December 28, 2015

ā€œWe 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 donā€™t look like this:
How this single gay guy landed a hot date… by eating cookie dough

Weā€™re just thrilled that all our years of cookie dough eating practice might finally be good for something.