This year I’ve learnt a lot about what I want from a partner: someone kind, ambitious and who I’m attracted to as well as they’re attracted to me. I’ve been seeing a guy for a few months now and we’ve progressed into relationship territory. After I broke up with my ex, mutual friends kept saying…
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What Happens When You Meet With an Ex After a Break?
Four days after my previous post, I ended our relationship. We had a fun weekend planned with lots of socialising but he was late on Friday evening due to a heavy one the previous night. I spent the weekend being extra bubbling and he spent the weekend hungover and on a come-down. Sunday was a sad…
Adult Life on Fast-forward
Thirty is the new 20! They said. You’ve got ages to start worrying about all that grown-up stuff. They said. And I listened. But over the past few weeks, many of my twentysomething friends have seemed to suddenly grow up; they are: Moving in with their partners Buying properties Trying to conceive Actually pregnant I…
Attitudes to Singledom
Recently, my attitude towards being single has gotten out of hand. I’m finding being single difficult and need to stop feeling down about being on my own. So, I need to shift “Oh my god, I’m single and might be forever” to a more positive outlook. I must remember how great it felt to be…
Getting Over an Ex
I think I miss you. Then when we chat, I secretly hate you and feel bad about myself. Then you suggest we meet and I feel rubbish after I see you. So the new plan of action is not to text you or call you. To be aloof. And when you call, I’ll be busy,…
Waiting for the Text that Never Comes
That apprehensive feeling before a first date is great; it’s what helps you wear what you feel good in and helps you avoid saying something silly. And if the nerves don’t develop into full-blown terror, a date tends to pan out fairly well. Nearly two weeks ago I had the best date I’ve had in…
It’ll be Lonely this Christmas…
Being single at Christmas – is it joyous or horrendous? On one hand, Christmas is a very sociable time of year with parties, dinners and lots of opportunities to meet exciting new people. On the other hand, most of these parties and dinners are filled with couples or old relatives asking if you’ve ‘got a…
New City, New Start
Match.com has gone. POF has gone. And although I’m still single, I’m relieved that my junk inbox is no longer filled with constant notifications of blokes winking at me or wanting to meet me. Despite many people’s reservations about the shagging app Tinder, it’s been my trusty companion during the turmoil caused by POF and…
Still Searching for Prince Charming 