Mary Thuell is 37 and an employee benefits lawyer. She likes “smart, curious, assertive men who are younger than me.” Chad Bartlett is a 32-year-old government contractor who says his type is “outdoorsy/active but not uptight about it.” By Neil Drumming April 11 Certain things about me seem very conservative," 37-year-old lawyer Mary Thuell told me."Church is very important." In fact, Mary is a Sunday school teacher and sings alto in her Episcopalian church choir.
However, Chad wasn’t blindsided. Typically, Date Lab participants start the night with almost no prior knowledge of the other dater. This time, the sensible minds at The Washington Post Magazine thought it best to brief Chad in advance that his date was poly. He was pretty chill about the whole thing — “especially on a first date,” he told me, “because pretty much everyone is polyamorous at that point.” Chad is also very sensible. And this is not his first rodeo.
He was also fun to talk to. Mary told me that, early in the evening, she launched into standard-issue dating small talk — her bio, as she called it. “He kind of cut me off, like ‘I’d really like to talk about anything other than work.’ ” Chad said later he hates when people ask each other what they do for a living. “It’s the worst question in D.C. dating.” Mary agreed: “My job is the least interesting thing about me.
Chad and Mary. Mary and Chad chatted comfortably for approximately two hours about their families, their backgrounds and where they are in their lives. They ended their date by purchasing two extra quesadillas and distributing them to a couple of homeless people near Farragut Square. Then the pair exchanged numbers and went their separate ways. “I thought it was a great first date,” Mary said. “I definitely wanted to see him again.” They texted the next day about a second date.
There’s a MarniMann novel here....
Is that what they call sluts these days?
polyamorous doesnt seem to me to be a quality one would be looking for in a Sunday school teacher....just my opinion, for what it's worth.
Let me guess... 🙏
It has to be that she's a Sunday school teacher.
Saved you a Click: it was her 'religious fervor'
I fucking hate Sunday too
Wow. A unicorn..
They had a less polite term in the past. Good for the date to have self respect and walk away
Was it the 'school' part? Because that's for nerds?