You’re fired

I can’t believe it has arrived already. I’ve barely begun this online dating malarkey yet already I’m having to write the “thanks but no thanks” email, the sayonara, the silver bullet. We’d had the second date. It had gone well, but not well enough for me to grant the whole exercise a last-minute reprieve. Without [...]

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Sex, and other mythical creatures

Good news! That’s the cheery message I get when someone shows an interest in my online profile, or sends me a message. There’s been a little flurry of activity recently, maybe because, at a friend’s insistence, I removed a rather insulting reference to gig-goers and their sticky backroom havens. I decided from the outset there [...]

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The one where Chandler can’t say no

It turns out that internet dating is easy. Well, the meeting and chatting part, anyway. Once you’ve done all that work on the paraphernalia – the profile-writing, the searching for matches, the composing of intriguing, come-hither emails – it’s actually a relief to turn up at a bar, reward yourself with a drink and talk [...]

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My first date: the geek abides

Mr Oxford Shoes was the very first person to respond to my online dating profile. The pictures weren’t promising, but I decided that his pioneering spirit had to count for something, so we met up at a pub after work. Now, there’s something you should know about me. I am highly attractive to geeks. I [...]

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Online dating: the first hurdle

It’s customary at the start of a blog to tell people about yourself: catch their attention, explain why they should spend time getting to know you. But that’s all I’ve been doing for the last four weeks, since I first put my dating profile online. You may be a finalist on the Apprentice, you may [...]

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