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I Tried Sober Dating For the First Time—Here’s What Happened

What if dating didn’t revolve around drinking?

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Victoria Christie & Jennifer Nguyen
February 14, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 14 minutes

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February 14, 2025

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Dry January might be over, but the sober social experiments have just begun, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Writer Jennifer Nguyen, a long-time loyalist of drinking on the first date, takes a whack at finding love sans alcohol. 🍷 🚫 Four dates, three nonalcoholic bevies, and two Tinder caption revisions later, she’s left with one major takeaway from this sober-dating shake-up.

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