To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”― Criss Jami It's not cool to be vulnerable. It's not manly to show weakness, or even hint that you don't know what you want. Weakness is the least attractive trait a man can have, and opening up some... Continue Reading →
DD Reviews – Date in a Dash Speed Dating
Despite being single for far too long, I've never yet been speed dating, where I take my turn moving from table to table to speak for a couple of minutes with as many people as can be fitted into four minutes. So when the great guys over at Date in a Dash dropped me a... Continue Reading →
DD Reviews – The Four Thieves
There are many things that make a date venue ideal. Somewhere relatively easy to get to, with lots of people around but without being crowded. Somewhere with good drink options but where it doesn't feel pretentious, and with enough of a twist to make it all interesting and give you something to do if conversation... Continue Reading →
Advice for people new to dating
There are many reasons why someone might be new to the dating scene. They might only be just dipping the toe in the water for the first time, or maybe they've come out of a long term relationship, or perhaps they've been frozen in carbonite for a hundred years and are only just being thawed... Continue Reading →
Five Dating Rules That Need To Die
Dating is a complicated world, especially for newcomers to the dating scene. When you were a kid it was all so much easier, wasn’t it? You gathered as a group in the playground, decided who was supposed to be going out with whom, and then you sent two of your friends over to the group... Continue Reading →
National Wingman Week
At the end of June I'll be joining up to ten thousand people when I go to the Dating Show Live in Birmingham. Most of us will be going there with the hope of doing something to help us meet a special someone in real life, as frustration with online dating becomes more and more... Continue Reading →
Dating Bloggers Need You!
Recently I found myself in a swanky restaurant in London with some fabulous people, most of whom I'd never met before. We were joined by one thing - we were all finalists in the UK Blog Awards this year in the dating category. Along with myself were BumblingDad, Alice, highly commended winner Lucy and the... Continue Reading →
When you know
I walked into the bar. There was a feel about the place, as if the universe had been waiting for me to be there are that exact moment on that exact day. Something exciting was going to happen. I looked over and was transfixed. Instantly I knew I had to have her. The thought of... Continue Reading →
I have to fancy you
As a blogger you are always writing posts which fall somewhere on a spectrum of how well they'll be received. On one end are posts you know will do well, because perhaps they're funny or poignant or responding with a new take on the events of the day. On the other end are posts which... Continue Reading →
Being Beach Body Ready
There is no way you will have missed the furor a few years ago about the advertising which introduced the phrase "beach body ready" into the general parlance of the country. The ad, which has been described as both wildly offensive as well as a work of PR genius, basically shows a woman who is... Continue Reading →