alutkin
Aimée Lutkin
alutkin
Contributing Writer, writing my first book for the Dial Press called The Lonely Hunter, follow me on Twitter @alutkin

This made me laugh, thank you. It’s been a heavy morning. I needed something funny and this was perfect. Read more

Every time I see it on a menu by the glass I order it because I never see it in the liquor store! The only other person I know who ever drank it was my grandpa—who was born in Sicily.
Lambrusco becoming popular—Pro: Easier to find! Con: Will now be expensive. Read more

I am SO GLAD to see that other human beings like Lambrusco the way I do! This is my first experience with liking something before it was cool, and I have to say that I feel very smug about it. Read more

We were just rebuilding our pantry and found a bottle of Riunite Lambrusco that must be at least 10 years old. I didn’t even know what it was. I’ve been threatening to bring it to a social event and open it, only to receive groans from my wife and a good friend with whom we drink a lot of wine. Now I know to do it Read more

There are two kinds of people: those who would have sex with the Fish Man, and those who are lying to themselves
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It is interesting to see everyone mention how they can’t stand Gilbert. Which is totally fine, but just seems completely unnecessary to bring up in this context. Read more

Thank you for writing this and the When Can I say I’ll be Alone Forever article! People are continually sold the lie that if they just try A,B,C then everything will fall into place and they’ll meet someone. The reality is too scary. It’s hard, love is fucking mean. And really great people sometimes never partner up, Read more

Man this hits so close to home. Life isn’t bad as a single person, but I’m in my early thirties and I’ve never had a long-term relationship. I have tried to fix everything that people have told me is wrong with me. I have dated and dated and dated. I’ve put myself out there to the point I’ve had to rebuild my Read more

When the first guy I dated after years of being alone (because of weird emotionally abusive almost relationship fucked me up) ghosted me, I was shocked by how devastated I was. It had only been 3 dates. It wasn’t like I was in love. You perfectly described that feeling. It was shocking and abrasive. I’ve had trouble Read more

“What I’ve actually learned is that the work of keeping your path clear is a continual process, one so all-consuming that you may not ever have the time to look up and see where you’re going” Read more

Viewers are advised that what they are viewing is a spectacle and is not real and that the train will not, in fact, come out of the movie screen and run over them.

Statistically speaking, they’re not wrong. This is my one sad contribution to the twitter-verse:

I think she’s saying her bod feels more dope when she’s wearing clothes that fit, not ones that fit several years ago. ;) I hope you feel dope no matter what your size, shape or dating status. Read more