Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazineMy saddest break-up was… with my therapistOur relationship started with an expiration date. No, it wasn’t a summer love or an exchange program fling. It was 12 sessions of therapy…2 min read·Jun 30, 2022----
Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazineWhy first dates are just like job interviewsMy go-to faux leather skirt in dark green came to mind when I tried to choose a first date outfit. I remembered I had worn it on my last…2 min read·Apr 27, 2022----
Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazineIceland: black sand, geothermal pools and everything in betweenWhenever I told people I had plans to go to Iceland that winter, they looked with the oh she must have money face. Whenever I posted a…3 min read·Mar 3, 2022----
Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazineThese are the five stages of being ghostedStarring at the word online right below his name, I realized he was not dead or in a coma. He just decided not to respond to my five…2 min read·Jan 25, 2022----
Renata Canivezoinsimilarmagazine2022 is the year to say goodbye to my pre-COVID selfA couple of months after moving from Brazil to the UK, the pandemic started. I didn’t have time to digest this cold and weirdly too polite…2 min read·Dec 15, 2021----
Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazineHow a flying aeroplane gave me the clarity I neededI could start by saying I’ve always loved looking at aeroplanes flying over my head — but who doesn’t? They are a small reminder of the…2 min read·Oct 6, 2021----
Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazineI finally have hobbies–now I need projects too?For once, my story doesn’t start with a Bumble match. Except it does. But for a BFF connection, which makes everything more awkward and…2 min read·Aug 18, 2021----
Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazineWhen your (almost) perfect Bumble romance ends in anxietyHis jeans-coloured eyes caught my light brown eyes (how you described days later) while I swiped on Bumble. Restrictions were being lifted…3 min read·Jul 20, 2021----
Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazinePipe covers, cows with fringes and forests: A day in Scottish HighlandsTo create a mood, the nationalist and (cute) tour guide Steven B. played a cover of Sweet Child O’Mine from Red Hot Cilli Pipers during our…3 min read·Jun 13, 2021----
Renata CanivezoinsimilarmagazineI finally had my first meet-cute since the pandemic startedA romantic Brazilian song played in my AirPods while I walked in Cheniston Gardens, Kensington, towards my flat. I had been Friday drinking…3 min read·May 23, 2021----