Let's face it. Dating in New York City isn't easy.
So when I got an email from the dating app Coffee Meets Bagel inviting me to their very first sleepaway camp for singles, I was intrigued.
Instead of conventional dates with forced smiles and small talk, I could be singing along and roasting s'mores on a campfire — and maybe hitting it off with someone. I would also get to fulfill my childhood dream of going to summer camp, which unfortunately wasn't too big a concept in India, where I grew up.
And then of course, there was an open bar.
But I was as apprehensive. I wasn't quite sure how I felt about whisking myself away to the woods for three whole days with a bunch of random strangers. So I dragged my best friend from college along with me.
Last Thursday, we packed our bags and set off to camp after work with 150 others. Here's what it was like.
I'd dreamed of going to summer camp ever since I first watched The Parent Trap as a nine year-old back in 2000. Unfortunately, that never happened.
So I decided to attend a three-day adult sleepaway camp instead. The camp was put together by dating app Coffee Meets Bagel and Camp No Counselors, both of which took off on the hit ABC show Shark Tank.
Shortly after we left New York City in a fleet of three buses, the booze was already free-flowing. And someone had assumed the responsibility of being the DJ.
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