"Goldilocks and the Three Drinks" was inspired by the following quote from Rachel Machacek's book, "The Science of Single": 

"I like my friends' homes in the suburbs, with their comfortable couches that have end tables where I can place my glass of merlot while watching a frothy movie about Hollywood love that always works out, no matter what. It's welcoming and cozy and I know what to expect. Being "out there' does not sound like this. It sounds more like walking into the middle of a treeless field with the singleton cross I've been bearing all these years..."