Menu for a Situationship by Tonya Riley
Anonymous r/relationship post // issue01: LOVE
we all have a love letter or poem somewhere hidden in our night table drawers - ever wondered what you're gonna do with this one letter you once wrote at 3am which you know you'll never send/give to the person anyways? or maybe you've shared your writing (and feelings) with your loved one already and wanna share your love publicly on the Internet for hopeful romantics to read?
this is issue01: LOVE of The Cry Lounge → to receive all published work, subscribe to this substack or read all on our website
Tonya is a writer who lives in Washington, D.C. with her cat. Her work has also appeared in Maudlin House, fauxmoir, and Persephone's Fruit (forthcoming.) She is working on her first novel.
Menu for a Situationship by Tonya Riley
dedication: To everyone that led me to you
First Course
-Shared jokes amuse-bouche
-Sex
-A goodbye kiss brined in suspense
Second Course
-Meeting his friends
-Joking about what kind of dog you’ll adopt
-Sex relevé
Third Course
-Left on read
-Fight outside of a bar because you swear he’s texting his ex
-The drunken “I love you” with a second day reduction
Fourth Course
- “This isn’t working”
-Your heart à la broche and flambéed
-Ghosted vol-au-vent
Dessert
-10 drunk phone calls
-Banging on his door until your knuckles bleed because why? What did you do wrong? You will never know
-Crying on your couch à la mode
Optional Wine Pairing
-Phone call with your mother
-Anonymous r/relationship post
- Text with an ex affiné
All bills include an automatic 22 percent service fee for our staff’s despair. Thank you for dining with us.
Tonya is a writer who lives in Washington, D.C. with her cat. Her work has also appeared in Maudlin House, fauxmoir, and Persephone's Fruit (forthcoming.) She is working on her first novel.
this is issue01: LOVE of
→ to receive all published work, subscribe to this substack or read all on our website.