Posts under ‘Dating’

Ah modern etiquette. It’s a minefield.
Ever wondered if it’s ok to date your therapist/landlord/second cousin/adopted child?
Wonder no more dear hearts. The Morning News has compiled this handy infographic (click to enlarge).
Why not print it out and keep it in your handbag/manbag* as a handy reference guide?

*If you have a manbag you probably won’t need this [...]

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Online dating, every one
When will they ever learn… When will they ever learn?
 
I know that apparently *most* of the couples of who got married in the USA last year, met through e-harmony. I also know people who met via online dating [...]

So, today I woke up irritatingly early. Saturday morning, 7am - wide awake. After watching Breakfast News on the BBC for a while (and quickly getting bored because the programme is only comprised of 15 minutes of content repeated over and over again) I got to thinking.
For some reason the song Two Princes by the Spin [...]

Well my loves, it’s been an eventful weekend.
On Friday night fueled by copious glasses of wine and peer pressure I signed up to a dating website. I am now the proud owner of a profile on the Guardian’s ’soulmates’ site.
It. Is. Scary.
I feel hideously inept - like a new kid, at a new school, standing in [...]

To date or not to date, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of various relatives looking at me in sympathy (it’s her hair you know)
Or to take arms against a sea of unsuitable men,
And via a dating website, date them? To date: to sleep (with them);
No more [...]