You know when you just have one of those days at work, when nothing seems to go right? This was one of those days…. Recently dating had taken a bit of a back seat. Since my mum being ill and the rather unsympathetic reactions of my dates at that time, I thought best to have some […]
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Bad Dates The Kiss Me Bite Me Slap Me Date
I’ve not blogged about a specific date in some time as most, to be honest, were just “normal”, well… as normal as dating is these days in London. Either they went well and we dated a while or we just knew we weren’t suited and went our separate ways. This when dates go bad experience […]
5 Reasons Silence Is Golden On A Date
A couple of recent dating experiences led me to think about this subject a lot. These in particular were very different but stem, I think, from the same issue. So before I get to the 5 reasons let me set the scene. Date 1 Very intelligent lady, background in athletics and now a business consultant […]
The Spaghetti Ceiling Date Brixton
I met “L” at Brixton Tube (the staple meeting place for a date) having messaged a while on Tinder. It was a glorious summers day, Brixton was heaving. I didn’t really know Brixton at all so she suggested a bar close by around the corning, the Craft Beer Company. I had no idea where this […]
The Feminist Date Revealed
“L” messaged me on Tinder, we exchanged a couple of messages before she went in for the kill with this :- “Ok, cutie, the situation is this. You drink Manhattans, i love Manhattan, you love crossfit, id love to know what crossfit is, you want to find somewhere cool to take me for a Manhattan […]
The Park Date – “Grape?”
This date was different in the sense “V” knew about my blog and had read all of my previous dating posts. We had talked quite a bit over Twitter, she had read and appeared to enjoy my blogs, in particular the Remote Egg post that seemed to tickle her. We arranged to meet up at the […]
Camden Crunch Chaos
You may remember “A” from my Saturday 6 date weekend post. After a slightly crazy date in Brixton, although cut short for the drunken encounter, we’d had a great time so arranged to meet up the following Friday. Thinking about something to do that didn’t just revolve around the usual swanky bars and knowing she was […]
Six Date Weekend – Sunday
I wake up in the early hours of Sunday morning with “M” both still very….. damaged….. from the night before. She lived in a basement apartment in Crystal Palace. I’m suffering a bit from hang over sweats so drag myself off for a cold shower. As I return, half way between the bathroom and her […]
Six Date Weekend – Saturday
After a thoroughly pleasant but uneventful Friday evening of dating, I was looking forward to what Saturday may bring. I was certainly in for a big surprise….. Date 1. 4pm Saturday started with meeting “M” at 4pm, we wanted to try and snatch a bit of time in the sun so we met at Victoria […]
Six Date Weekend – Friday
I’ve been promoted at work, now a senior executive, things are looking up in the career world. Flip side I’m spending a lot of time away on business and during the week I’ve not really had time to date. So, Wednesday I tweak my Ok Cupid profile a bit in the hotel to cut to […]
Evidently i’m a porn star?
Now I don’t remember placing an advert to this effect on OK Cupid… however? This lovely lady seemed to be in the mood for romance? Surprisingly enough I declined her lovely offer for me to pimp myself out for her enjoyment…….
The Birthday Blow Out
Id been texting M on Whatsapp for quite a while, we swapped numbers on Tinder. She was pretty, blonde and shared a passion for sports, yoga and cocktails. Over what became several weeks of text conversation we talked about her frequent trips swimming, outings with friends, you know the usual things people get up to. […]
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