As an Instagram artist, I cut out cardboard figures and pose with them in silhouette at sunset. Over the years, I produced more than 300 of these and many have been dates of one kind or another.
Previously, I've also done a few posts of my cutouts in other themes here on Bored Panda. One of them covers the pandemic in a humorous way, and sesame street characters, as well as in freestyle. I've also done one with horses, and another one with various other animals. My latest post was about spooky characters.
Happy Valentines Day, everyone!
#21 The True Friend

Prancer doesn't really like to have his antlers decorated; I know that. But he knows how much I like to do it, so he humors me. As I string the lights and hang the bulbs, he doesn't snort or get impatient or sigh like some reindeer might. He just stands there and waits and lets me be happy. True friends are like that.
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#22 The Wait

I asked her to meet me out under the full moon and was hoping things would heat up. I could almost imagine her passionate breath in my ear.
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#23 The Perfect Moment

After dinner, the stork took me for a ride around the lake. It was a perfect moment. But then, some dates are better than others.
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#24 The Fatal Flaw

It wasn't going to work. Yes, she was smart and older than she looked. And yes she was funny and cute and well read and all that. But she didn't say anything on her dating profile about being a peanut, and I was deathly allergic.
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#25 The Kiss

Ever since the scissors accident, kissing her has been a risk. But she is so worth it.
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#26 The Bad Date

She ended up being an evil snowwoman. Luckily, I never go anywhere without my hairdryer.
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#27 The Ride

I liked her right away. We met at the beach and she just said, "Hop in!"
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#28 The Elf Date

Kimble promised he'd come find me when the first snow fell. I'm not sure where he came from but...there he was.
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#29 The Freeloader

For anyone who thinks a horse might make a good kayak partner, think again. On our date around the lake, Philly didn’t pick up her paddle once.
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#30 The Surgery

Other than, "No, no. I think they look really natural," I tried hard not to talk about lips on our first date.
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#31 The Night Before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
not even a mouse.
and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
not even a mouse.
Well, actually one mouse
was up stirring with me
Blending the milk in my
hot cup of tea.
was up stirring with me
Blending the milk in my
hot cup of tea.
She held a big spoon
moved it down and then up
As she stirred from the rim
of my Christmas teacup.
moved it down and then up
As she stirred from the rim
of my Christmas teacup.
I watched her and waited
and enjoyed all the clinking
Of her spoon in the cup
that I soon would be drinking.
and enjoyed all the clinking
Of her spoon in the cup
that I soon would be drinking.
While I held her small saucer
trying hard not to spill it
Though it didn’t hold much
just a few drops could fill it.
trying hard not to spill it
Though it didn’t hold much
just a few drops could fill it.
But we weren’t in a hurry.
She could stir there all night
As the snow gently settled
As the sun lost its light.
She could stir there all night
As the snow gently settled
As the sun lost its light.
Because after this year
that seemed never to end
It was just nice to spend time
stirring tea with a friend.
that seemed never to end
It was just nice to spend time
stirring tea with a friend.
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#32 The Perfect Moment

She asked if I wanted kids and I said, "Oh, yeah. A boy and a girl would be amazing." But I could tell that wasn't the answer she was hoping for. "How about you?" I asked back.
Heather sipped her sunflower tea and blinked her black beady eyes then said, "I don't know. I've always wanted a big family. When I was growing up, we had thirty-five babies a year throughout my mother's breeding lifecycle."
So that was kind of a deal breaker, but it was still a nice date. After dinner, as we walked along the beach, some samba music started playing somewhere in the distance, and we danced at the water's edge until long after the sunset faded and a star-filled sky appeared overhead.
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#33 The Dog Training Date

Jennifer is not going to get the treat until she learns to sit properly. I hate to be strict with her, but my new puppies need to know I am the boss.
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#34 The 3rd Little Piggy

When it came time to order, I took a guess. "I'll have the fish," I told the waiter, "and my date will have the roast beef."
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#35 The Dive

She wanted to go snorkeling on our first date. But she had to do it her way.
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