BFC: the second night

After all the effort that had gone into our original, failed date, spending two consecutive evenings with Bona Fide Crush – without any conniving on my part – was too much for my little brain to compute. So my fatalistic side leapt into the breach. This must be God’s will. Something was happening here. The evening [...]

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SisterGlory’s verdict on BFC

Urrgh. Bleurgh. I am so tired. Two late nights in a row have left me barely capable of speech. I just went to the office loos and had a micro-sleep on the toilet. That’s how tired I am. So yes: I have spent two consecutive evenings with Bona Fide Crush. As one of my work [...]

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BFC met SisterGlory. And she didn’t call him ‘posh’ once

Gah! It’s been a busy day at work and I’ve run out of time to write about last night’s evening out with BFC – and my sister. I want to do it justice so I’m just going to have to leave it til tomorrow, folks. If you want a teaser, though, how about this: things [...]

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The wrong place at the wrong time

Today’s reasons to shout ‘Oh nooo! Unfair!’ and throw things petulantly around the room: Celebrity Crush is not coming to my corporate event this week, after weeks of feverish anticipation Celebrity Crush did, however, make a surprise appearance at the charity event I was supposed to be at on Monday. I wasn’t there. I was [...]

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The weird, weird world of single mingles, pt 3

(cont. from yesterday) After 12 minutes of excruciating public freestyling, the music was turned off. The host announced that, for the next song, we would dance with the man opposite us. She put on some sort of R’n’B with a beat so slow that the only coherent move was a languorous nod of the head [...]

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The weird, weird world of single mingles, pt 2

(cont. from yesterday)… and into an even narrower room. About 20 people lined the walls, men one side, women the other. It was impossible not to notice that everyone else in the room was black. It took a millisecond to absorb the situation – I’ve explained thin-slicing to you already, haven’t I – before, being [...]

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The weird, weird world of single mingles: pt 1

Sometimes, a spontaneous evening can turn out to be the best night of your life. Accepting a last-minute invitation, agreeing to join a friend at a party you haven’t been invited to – these can be the moments that change your life forever. Or they can just be frickin’ weird. Yesterday I got a call [...]

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Pick yourself up, dust yourself off…

Decision made. I have pulled myself out of my dangerous slough of despond. I have marshalled my troops, given them a damn good pep talk, and will now proceed to sent them out on two fronts at once. Heaven help the men who find themselves in my way. My new plan is to double-date. Not [...]

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The law of dating probability

I can’t face my inbox. City Chap has replied to my rejection email, and while I’m sure it’s a very pleasant reply, I just don’t want to read it right now. It will only add to my already gloomy feeling that I’m not really getting anywhere. You might have guessed I’m in a bit of [...]

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Do these guys have the X-factor? You decide

I’m supposed to be having a ‘relaxing’ day at a spa today. But in order to be ready to ‘relax’ at exactly 12noon on the dot, I have to race through all the million other things that have to be done before I go, and thus have worked myself up into a lathered frenzy of [...]

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