American Woman Discovers 'City of Love' Is Actually City of ‘Lost in Translation’
KEY POINTS
- •Naydeline Mejia moved to Paris in 2024 for grad school, leaving behind a magazine job in New York.
- •She found dating difficult due to language barriers and confusing French dating customs, like hand-holding casual partners.
- •Considering relocating back to the US, Naydeline enjoys the City's slower pace and focuses on self-love amid the romantic riddles.
Naydeline Mejia, freshly surrendered to Paris’s real estate and its dating scene, tried living the Hemingway chocolate chaud dream in 2022 before quitting a big-time magazine job to start a grad program and a romance scavenger hunt in Paris. But turns out the City's 'love' motto sometimes means talking fluent awkward French and getting hand-holded by casual flings who skipped the American 'what are we?' awkward convo. Despite her intermediate-level French, Naydeline confessed her inner flirty self was lost in translation, pondering an escape hatch back to New York where at least confusing love involves the same language and familiar text thread read receipts. Meanwhile, she’s mastering loving herself, Hemingway-style.
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Finding love in Paris as an American is like trying to DM in French—flirty emojis suddenly feel like cryptic hieroglyphics and hand-holding means you’re 'officially confused.'
Dating in Paris without fluent French is basically a gourmet meal with a fork missing a prong. You'll try, but it’s messy.
Her love life in Paris is less 'Amour' and more 'Google Translate: Romance Edition' but somehow still more charming than your last date.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/22/2026 | Author: Naydeline Mejia
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