So in the spirit of being open (see my last post on vibrational energy), I decided to open up my search preferences - the age limits specifically. After the last date with a guy who was in his late 40's, I thought younger is definitely more my thing! I dropped my age bracket requirements which... Continue Reading →
Date 9 – No pity kissing
Date 9 was a connection from before lockdown but we didn't communicate for at least 5 months. When he added me as a friend on facebook I thought oh ok, he's now interested... he's searched me out and wants to pick up the conversation. I accepted his friend request (might delete that now) and the... Continue Reading →
Over before it started
Two weeks ago I thought i'd met someone really interesting and new on Hinge dating app. We had a great first lockdown date, where we went for solo walks in our respective lockdown zones and talked and talked for the longest time. We then spent afternoons on the phone talking about our lives, families, hopes... Continue Reading →
Date 4 – Bags of expectations
I met this guy on Tinder, he had a well crafted and intelligent opening and response. Conversations on Tinder can be so tiresome and boring, it's a rarity to have someone with actually something to say who moves the conversation on quickly to 'lets chat - I'd like to meet you IRL' (in real life).... Continue Reading →
Date 3 – Friend zone
Date 3 was an interesting one... I'd been there before so wasn't sure if I could even class it as a date, but since we crossed paths again on bumble and both swiped right - why not! What do you do when you see a past date again on a dating app? Out of curiosity... Continue Reading →
40 and looking for love.
Wow there is a headline to make them swipe left! Something mysterious happened when my dating profile updated at the turn of my 40th birthday… What happened to all the matches? Suddenly my match ratio was as slow as the district line with signal failures. I kept swiping right but alas no matches. Ok, ok,... Continue Reading →