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June 17, 2025

 

SEX DIARY

The Chef Meeting a Booty Call After Work In this week’s story, a 39-year-old divorced guy looks for his next wife when he’s not at the restaurant.

As told to Alyssa Shelasky

Photo-Illustration: Marylu Herrera

In this week’s story, a divorced guy looks for his next wife when he’s not at the restaurant: 39, single, New York. 

DAY ONE 

9:15 a.m. Wake up and scroll through the news, Instagram, Facebook (I still use it!), and of course the dating apps. I’m a chef with late hours and in the morning, I lounge as much as possible. My body aches. I’m 39, but it ached this bad at 29, too. It’s just the nature of the job.

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