The Dust Storm Dating Scene: How Lubbock Weather Tests Your Love Life

Dating around Lubbock can be pretty tricky; everyone knows your ex’s cousin’s roommate’s mom, we don’t have a ton of great dating activities (besides getting trashed), and you’re limited on schmancy restaurants to impress someone on your first night out together.

But, throw in a good ol’ West Texas hail storm, and suddenly, your new budding romance becomes a full-on contact sport.

Romantic Lubbock Weather

Yes, friends, forget those long walks on the beach. How about holding hands and sprinting to avoid 70 mph winds ruining your new hairdo or effin’ up your freshly brushed teeth with dirt clods? Now that right there? That’s love, folks.

In Lubbock, love can truly be blind…or blinding when it comes to haboob season.

Lubbock Date Nights: Weathering The Storm, Hand in Hand

First Dates in The Dust

Weather Vs. Hair

The Car Test

The Makeup Meltdown

The Cop-Out

Romantic Comparisons

And, hey, don’t forget: the weather is also a GREAT way to get out of a date when you’re feeling gassy or something. Just saying…

Tell Me, Dear Reader…

Happy Dating, folks, and cross your fingers for me. Lord knows I could use help in that department. At this point, I’d rather walk naked through a hail storm than watch a movie with anyone other than my cats. Jaded? No, not me? Never…

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