If Else Love

What if falling in love felt like debugging a broken program?

IF ELSE LOVE is an ongoing story about J - a queer techie navigating the chaotic, hilarious, and quietly heartbreaking world of modern dating. Armed with a dating spreadsheet, inner monologues in code, and a closet full of borrowed shirts, J attempts to navigate four wildly different "daddies" who each offer a version of something he thought he wanted:

🚗 Classic Daddy - detached, polished, practiced.
🎾 Nerdy Bear - safe, sweet, emotionally present.
📈 Corporate Charmer - structured, successful, curated.
🎉 Party Daddy - loud, electric, all adrenaline.

Each man ticks a box.
But no one feels like "home."

Through late-night ramen, rooftop tennis matches, and emotionally messy Google Calendar invites, J is forced to ask himself:

If Else Love
IF '${affection}' == 'true' and '${connection}' == 'true'
Log Commit ❤️
ELSE IF '${affection}' == 'true' and '${connection}' == 'maybe'
Log Write a whole new function ✨
ELSE IF '${affection}' == 'true' and '${connection}' == 'false'
Log Ghost 👻
ELSE
Log Abort mission 🚫
END

This is not a finished love story.
It's a messy update.
A work-in-progress.
A maybe.
Just like all of us.