{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-serial-dater-chris-moreland-9798233771248","title":"Confessions of a Serial Dater: The Chicago Connection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBased on Journal Entries from 2005. The True Story of Love, Lust, and One Fantasy That Couldn't Survive Reality.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor ten months, I built the perfect relationship with Tamia, a woman from Chicago I met on BlackPeopleMeet. We talked for hours every night. Sent hundreds of instant messages. Had phone sex left me convinced she was the one. I deleted my dating profiles, ended other relationships, and bet everything on a woman I'd never met in person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, September 22nd, 2005, arrived. She stepped off a plane at LaGuardia Airport, and in thirty seconds, the entire fantasy collapsed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the raw, unfiltered story of what happened next. We spent the weekend attempting to manufacture chemistry that wasn't present. Brutal honesty destroyed the constructed relationship. The self-deceptions we had both maintained regarding our true selves and aspirations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it's also the story of what came before: the months of juggling multiple women while claiming I wanted just one. The pattern of chasing perfection instead of accepting reality. The five-year search for an ideal that no human being could match.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from actual journal entries and told with unflinching honesty, \u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Connection\u003c\/em\u003e is Book 4 in the \u003cem\u003eConfessions of a Serial Dater\u003c\/em\u003e series, a literary memoir about online dating in the early 2000s, when we built relationships through dial-up connections and AOL Instant Messenger, before smartphones and swipe culture changed everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent Warning: \u003c\/strong\u003e This memoir contains explicit sexual content, adult language, and honest discussions of relationships, deception, and personal failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Moreland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233771248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Centrevill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Chris Moreland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447312134399,"sku":"9798233771248","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_783026a0-5f28-4085-94e6-61d5f123ff29.jpg?v=1777230267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confessions-of-a-serial-dater-chris-moreland-9798233771248","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}