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Left or Right

Left or Right

10/04/2022
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Relationships

Here’s a story for the online dating annals. Someone who had ghosted me on the previous app I was using swiped right on my profile…

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Online Dating, Round Two

Online Dating, Round Two

03/04/2022
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I’m fond of saying “People are people everywhere you go.” It seems that is especially true for men and online dating.  I’m trying a new…

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Diaries versus Journals

Diaries versus Journals

27/03/2022
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Family, Living Well, Writing

One of the projects I’m currently working on is to publish my Mother’s diaries. Throughout her high school years in the 1930’s, my Mother recorded…

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Manfriends

Manfriends

20/03/2022
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Behaviour, Relationships

Years ago, on a hot summer day in the office, I pinned my hair up for a change. A male colleague paused in my doorway…

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Womanfriends

Womanfriends

13/03/2022
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After weeks of talking about men and dating sites, let’s talk about women. Girlfriends, womanfriends, old friends, new friends. Who doesn’t need their friends right…

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Online Dating. A Few Pointers.

Online Dating. A Few Pointers.

06/03/2022
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The problem with online dating is… It’s online. Participants are trying to build a social connection without any social context. The only date I had…

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Out, but not Down

Out, but not Down

27/02/2022
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I said I would try online dating for three months and see how it feels.  It feels like Dating Dodge Ball. I’m either being stung…

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The Unusual Suspects

The Unusual Suspects

20/02/2022
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I promised last week to give a man by man summary of my online dating experiences over these past few months. I probably could have…

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It's a RollerCoaster

It’s a RollerCoaster

13/02/2022
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Relationships

Ideally, all of us in the singles market would meet our potential partners organically. You know, the ‘cute-meet’ of romcom mythology, where the universe conspires…

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Flirting. lol.

Flirting. lol.

06/02/2022
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Relationships

There are stages I’ve noticed to this online dating thing. If the polite back and forth lobbing of questions never gets beyond a tedious call…

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