I have a huge announcement.

我有一個重大的公告。

Thistles.

蒺藜。

The longest.

最長的。

I've been single since I was 15.

我從15歲開始就一直單身。

Thank you.

謝謝你了

Small crowd of Children.

小孩的人群。

For the last seven months, I've been working on myself, working out and working, working, working, working lots of therapy.

在過去的七個月裡，我一直在鍛鍊自己，鍛鍊和工作，工作，工作，大量的治療。

And now that my heart has scraped itself off the floor and stitched, it's broken, bloody mangled body together and cleaned herself up.

而現在，我的心已經把自己的心從地上刮下來，縫合起來，它那破碎的、血淋淋的殘缺的身體，把自己收拾得乾乾淨淨。

I'm ready to get back out there.

我已經準備好回到那裡。

And I have never been someone who, like goes on dates.

我從來沒有誰，喜歡去約會的人。

I almost always meet a person through work or mutual friends.

我幾乎都是通過工作或共同的朋友認識一個人。

And then we like each other, and then I'm in a relationship for like, three years.

然後我們喜歡對方， 然後我在一個關係 像，三年。

Navigating the dating scene has been awkward.

在約會現場導航一直很尷尬。

For example, the first date I went on when, like this, I, like, watched all your videos, like, you know, figure out what you're all about.

比如說，我第一次約會的時候，就像這樣，我看了你所有的視頻，就像，你知道，搞清楚你是什麼人。

And I feel like I know so much more about your life than you know about my life.

我覺得我對你的生活了解得比你對我的生活了解得多。

Oh, okay.

哦，好吧。

Cool.

爽啊

Eso tell me your life story.

告訴我你的人生故事

I'm boring.

我很無聊

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

Uh, but I do have two cats.

呃，但我確實有兩隻貓。

Oh, Okay.

哦，好吧。

Cool.

爽啊

You know what the fuck is up with vegan places like they're always trying to make, like, fake versions of, like, real food.

你知道什麼他媽的是與素食主義者的地方 像他們總是試圖使，喜歡，假版本的，喜歡，真正的食物。

Just stop fucking drunk.

別再喝了

So, what do you do for a living?

那麼，你是做什麼工作的？

I work for a tech company.

我在一家科技公司工作。

That school.

那個學校。

Do you like it?

你喜歡嗎？

No, I fucking hate it.

不，我他媽的討厭它。

But I've been there for, like, eight years.

但我已經在那裡呆了8年了。

Okay?

好嗎？

And then I had to sit for another half hour and talk to this gentleman.

然後我又不得不坐了半個小時，和這位先生交談。

But I'm learning how to be comfortable saying No, not only because I don't wanna waste anyone else's time, But I also don't want to hurt their feelings by being dishonest or by ghosting.

但我正在學習如何自在地說 "不"，不僅因為我不想浪費別人的時間，而且我也不想因為不誠實或做鬼臉而傷害他們的感情。

Well, I guess I can't have sex now because I'm another riel transparent being Well, haven't you seen the movie ghost?

我想我現在不能做愛了 因為我是另一個透明的生物 你沒看過電影 "幽靈 "嗎？

Yeah, E o U up when I e started being totally up front about how I feel who I am and what I'm looking for.

是啊，E O U了，當我E開始是完全正面的 我覺得我是誰，我在尋找什麼。

And if someone can't meet those expectations, no hard feelings.

如果有人不能滿足這些期望，也不要有什麼難言之隱。

And I know dating could be confusing and difficulty.

我知道約會可能是混亂和困難的。

But if you navigated by knowing what you want and are kind and respectful of people's feelings and your own most importantly, it is an infinitely better process.

但如果你通過知道自己想要什麼來導航，並且善意地尊重別人的感受和自己最重要的感受，這是一個無比美好的過程。

And yes, dating so far has been a literal nightmare.

是的，到目前為止，約會一直是一場噩夢。

But as me and my friends have like to say first D, then the C C for content.

但正如我和我的朋友們都喜歡說先說D，再說內容的C C。

I'm Anna Khanna.

我是安娜Khanna。

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留在這裡看Squarespace的動畫資訊。

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感謝廣場空間對今天視頻的贊助。

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Squarespace是單一的漂亮的，並有獲獎模板。

Plus, that baby is an Onley one platform, so there's no need to install patches or upgrades ever.

另外，該寶貝是安利一個平臺，所以永遠不需要安裝補丁或升級。