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Brief Encounter: The Boy in the Apple Store
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
Posted in Brief encounters
Tagged awkward, flirtation, good-looking, home solo, London dating, looking for love, one-off, slightly strange
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The Pedal Pusher
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
The Boyfriend
Stats: 5’10”, brown/green Where: A party in east London Pre-date rating: N/A As you schlep your way through single life, you find yourself arriving at a lot of parties alone. At first, you try to avoid it, and make plans … Continue reading
Posted in Brief encounters, Good dates
Tagged awkward, chemistry, drunk, forbidden fruit, good-looking, home solo, steal someone's boyfriend, unwelcome attention
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The Late Great
Stats: 26, 5’9”, brown/brown, Midlands Where: Brixton, SW2 Pre-date rating: 8/10 Punctuality is the politeness of kings, my grandmother always used to say, and while I’m not particularly regal, I do believe the least you can do on a date … Continue reading
Posted in Good dates
Tagged Brixton date, chemistry, flirtation, good-looking, home solo, late arrival, late date, online dating, punctuality, second date potential
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The Saint
Stats: 36, 5’8”, blue/brown, London When: Summer 2010 Where: South bank, London, SE1 Pre-date rating: 7/10 Going for a date by the river is always a risk. No matter how limpid a pool the baby blues, greens or browns across … Continue reading
Posted in Bad dates
Tagged awkward, charity, dating, home solo, London dating, one-off, online dating, relationships, South bank, summer
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The Bittersweet Goodbye
Stats: 33, 5’11”, black/blue, Hampshire When: Spring 2011 Where: South bank, London Pre-date rating: 8/10 Endings are inevitable and they seldom surprise. Even the most twisty and turny horror movie will stagger toward its eventual, obvious conclusion. So here I … Continue reading
Posted in Bad dates
Tagged awkward, breaking up, getting dumped, he's just not that into me, home solo, Mr Nice Guy, online dating, relationships
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The Boy on the Beach
Stats: 23, 5’11”, brown (on his photo, at least)/blue, London When: February 2012 Where: A pebbly beach on the south coast Pre-date rating: 7/10 When your lake becomes devoid of fish – or you’re sick of catching the same old … Continue reading
The Graduate
Stats: 5’ 11”, 24, black/green, Oxfordshire Where: The local When: November 2011 Pre-date rating: 9/10 The true currency of dating, the one you never really think about, is time. Whether you’re buttering up a honey in a noisy bar, doing … Continue reading
The Associate
Stats: 5’9”, 31, brown/brown, London When: Winter 2012 Where: Soho, London Pre-date rating: 8/10 One shouldn’t mix business with pleasure, they say, but it is a redundant cliché. Many of us needn’t be warned: the only pleasure a lot of … Continue reading
The Dish from Damascus
Stats: 34, 5’8”, brown/brown, Syria Where: East London When: September 2010 Pre-date rating: 8/10 Dating can be a very solitary experience, despite the fact that you’re meeting up with another person. Travelling to the date you are alone in your … Continue reading
Posted in Good dates
Tagged back to his, chemistry, flirtation, good-looking, home solo, kiss, second date potential
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