I have news…
While away this week I got to chatting with a lady through the internet.No - not in a chat room or anything sordid, and in fact not even through one of the dating websites I may have mentioned before, but through a networking and “rating” site… (Yes - the embarrassment of writing that […]

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I was out on the town a few evenings ago - not for anything romantically inclined, but rather visiting a different City on business. Given I haven;t been there often, I decided to treat myself a little bit and head out to dinner…
It’s a strange thing, “Dinner for One”… I got the the restaurant, and […]

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Congratulations, the fact that you’re reading these kissing tips means you’re on your way to becoming a better kisser. Kissing tip #1: Realize you can do better.
Now that you’ve made that first step, what’s stopping you from swallowing your pride and opening yourself to revamping your whole approach to the perfect kiss. […]

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At least, according to the Pat Benatar song, I’m always vacillating between believing romance takes work and if you stop looking for it, it will simply come your way. As you know by now, I spend loads of time soul searching. It’s seldom about meeting the one, but becoming the one for myself. I always […]

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In the book Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe identifies the creatures known in Manhattan as “the social x-rays”. A social x-ray is the modern (well, at least 1980s) version of the socialite, a Fifth (or Park) Avenue woman, inevitably married, and along with the expected immaculate outfits is the fanatical obsession with exercise. These […]

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I am not sure if this is a common theme with other singles, but I have encountered it.
You see, at my age (no, not being ageist - keep reading Mrs Higginbottom…) the singles are likely to fall into one of two broad categories - divorced or single after a long term relationship. And so by […]

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We certainly have advanced as a culture. Imagine, only sixty years it was actually illegal for mixed race couples to appear on screen in Hollywood films. Heck even segregated schools were all the rage as late as the fifties. Interracial relationships are considered part and parcel of our more enlightened, culturally diverse society. It […]

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We’re assaulted by a colossal amount of choices these days. When you’re confronted by the sheer amount of variety in the online dating world alone, it can seem difficult to pare down the number of options. It’s almost weird to make these complaints - when is too much freedom a bad thing? (yes, I’m aware […]

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I knew a non-deaf person who dated a person with a hearing impediment. There’s nothing terribly unusual about that of course - it would hardly be noteworthy, but it was still funny to observe the fact that this couple enjoyed better communication than most couples who enjoy full hearing faculties. There was a deep bond […]

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One of the most difficult things I have found is trying to negotiate the treacherous waters of “finding other singles”.
It’s tricky - a group of apparently single people at a club or pub might simply be a circle of friends out enjoying the evening - wives escaping their sports mad husbands - or husbands escaping […]

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