"We were lazily strolling down Copacabana beach, and I was already besotted with this tall, gorgeous American I'd matched with on Hinge mere hours earlier. Our chat flipped between niche pop culture references and intense political debate, breaking only to see who could do the most pull-ups at the makeshift beach gym. I knew immediately after this encounter that I couldn't speak to him again."
"The night I first met J*, I was only a few days into my travels, trying to figure out how to get from Copa to Madureira for a COME VOCE party I'd seen on Instagram. Travelling there would've been easy had a storm not halted the trains I needed to get out of the city. In between navigating an entirely new transport system and battling intense delays, I decided I'd call it a night."
"Still dressed as if I were going to the club in a long, horizontally striped, multi-coloured knit skirt that dragged on the floor despite my chunky sandals and a super-high cropped vest, I redirected my ride to the restaurant we'd agreed to meet at - somewhere I quickly found on Google that was close enough to my room for me to escape to if I hated him."
Chanté Joseph matched with a tall, attractive American on Hinge and met him within hours on Copacabana beach. Their conversation ranged from niche pop-culture references to intense political debate and included a pull-up contest at a makeshift beach gym. She immediately felt unable to speak to him again, but months later he flew her to Tromso to chase the Northern Lights, producing an emotionally confronting trip. On their first night she struggled with travel delays and a storm that halted trains, scrolled Hinge during an Uber, and redirected her ride to meet him at a nearby restaurant while wearing a long, horizontally striped knit skirt. Conversation at the buffet spanned time, history, and culture amid bright lights and blaring music.
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