Reinstall Tinder, Because If These TV Characters Found Love Then So Can You
It’s Valentine’s Day this week, and at Punkee we’re celebrating the only way we know how: bingeing MAFS, drinking wine and Uber Eats-ing nuggets.
I recently deleted Tinder after a first date that ended with him swearing at a police horse (they’re heroes, shut your goddamn mouth) and lighting a joint in Hyde Park. I sad-binged Netflix and realised that even the most lonesome characters were landing better dates than me.
So, on V-Day and forever after, let us find inspiration in these unlucky in love TV characters who stay the course and find true love and a happy ending and all of that bullshit.
Michael Scott from The Office
If the man who once wrote “little kid lover” in his dating profile — so that women would know he wanted to be a father — can find his soul mate, then what excuse do you have for not updating your Tinder bio?
Janet from The Good Place
Janet isn’t even a real girl and she still manages to hook up with sweet baby angel and goddamn hunk Jason Mendoza. If an anthropomorphised vessel of knowledge can marry the love of their life, it’s literally impossible for you not to find someone to take to your best friend from high school’s wedding.
Sharon Strzelecki from Kath & Kim
Our fave foxy lady is unlucky in love, but I bet you don’t get a pash rash as often as she does, do you?
You can though, don’t give up on your dreams! Join an indoor cricket team, get some Baileys and stop being desperately lonely.
Charles Boyle from Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The workhorse of the Nine-Nine, Boyle crushed hard on the teapot from Beauty and the Beast, fell for a woman on the same day she was sentenced to ten years in prison, and is convinced that the most romantic thing you can do with a partner is wash their hair.
But he still managed to find the one woman who was just as into a food’s “mouth feel” as he is. If Boyle’s dream woman is out there, then it’s a scientific fact that one day I’ll find someone who wants to hang out with me and watch The X-Files (and compilation videos of people falling over).
Liz Lemon from 30 Rock
The Queen of eye rolls, stress eating and night cheese, Liz Lemon was a verified hot mess of a person for most of 30 Rock’s iconic 7 season run.
But even the woman who was almost pushed in front of a train by her loser boyfriend once dated Conan O’Brien, Jon Hamm, Matt Damon and James Marsden. We’re not sure whether it’s her business bitch attitude or her determination to wear Star Wars costumes at every opportunity, but Liz taught us that you can have a successful date no matter what you wear or eat, so go get some!
Otis Milburn from Sex Education
We’re obsessed with Netflix’s Sex Education and you should be too. Otis, the sexually-repressed teenage sex therapist, is convinced that he’ll be single throughout high school when girls everywhere suddenly decide they’re feeling what he’s putting out.
We’re not saying that you *should* become a semi-professional sex advice guy, we’re just saying to let us know how it goes if you *do* become a semi-professional sex advice guy and whether we should try it ourselves. Thanks!
Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street
In one of 2018’s weird plot twists, we got the hot goss that Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street are potentially dating and in love.
Whether you believe the spicy rumour or think they’re just best friends and roommates, we can all agree that they definitely love each other and that spending Valentine’s Day with your best friend is way better than spending it with a hot date.
Valentine’s Day may be the most ridic holiday of the year, but never give up on love, friends!