Author Archives: The Guyliner

About The Guyliner

The definitive, yet disastrous, gay dating blogger.

The Better Offer

Posted on May 13, 2013

Stats: 29, 5’8”, brown/hazel, Cheltenham Where: East London, E1 Pre-date rating: 7/10 My date has just got back from New York. I know this because he mentions it every five sentences. The shimmering neon is still visible in his starstruck … Continue reading →

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Awkward! Three situations guaranteed to give you that ‘morning after’ cringe

Posted on May 7, 2013

We’ve all been there. You wake up, slightly disoriented, amid bed linen which feels unfamiliar. Strange sounds emanate from a mass not too far from you. As you open each eye slowly, cursing them for the amount of time they’re … Continue reading →

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Sorry, ‘straight-acting’ boys, but gay stereotypes exist despite you… get over it

Posted on April 30, 2013

If you asked the average man on the street whether he could tell the difference between a gay man and a straight man, he’d probably say yes, citing a number of reasons such as differing fashion or music tastes, cultural … Continue reading →

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7 ways to get him to call after the first date

Posted on April 29, 2013

Getting a first date is fairly easy. Or so they tell me. But getting a first date and going on a first date are nowhere near as big a deal as the ultimate prize, the holy grail of dating, the … Continue reading →

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Brief Encounter: The Boy in the Apple Store

Posted on April 25, 2013

The Apple Store is a strange place. It does its very best to pretend it isn’t a shop. There are no tills ringing or sour-faced shopgirls stacking shelves with garish product or hurrying along pretending they’re too busy to help … Continue reading →

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Guest post: Why my gay brother and I are friends

Posted on April 23, 2013

I know what you’re thinking. Am I really getting to the stage where I don’t even write my own posts? Is it about to get all Britney-esque, my contributions reduced to a bit of lip-synching and backing vocals? Well, no. … Continue reading →

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A beginner’s guide to breaking it off: The phone call

Posted on April 10, 2013

My recent post on dumping someone by text proved to be pretty divisive. It seems that many people prefer a face-to-face break-up or, at the very least, a phone call. It’s a common fallacy that bad news like this is … Continue reading →

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The Pedal Pusher

Posted on April 4, 2013

Stats: 28, 5’10, blond/blue, London Where: Shoreditch, London Pre-date rating: 7.5/10 There are some dates you feel you should go on, even if you really ought not to. Maybe it’s because somebody incredibly handsome has deigned to ask you out, … Continue reading →

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A beginner’s guide to breaking it off: The text

Posted on March 29, 2013

Is there ever a nice way to bid adieu to an affair of the heart? Is the blow any less crushing because you have communicated it via a gift-wrapped box of (live) white doves, after an afternoon of champagne or … Continue reading →

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Say no to the misery of matchmaking

Posted on March 21, 2013

Imagine at what distant depth of ebb you’d have to be to ask a friend to set you up with someone. To be plundering your friends’ friends for potential dates, like Google with a stiffy, you must have truly run … Continue reading →

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