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…
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“Who Knows What a Date Might Lead To…?”
“Who knows what a date might lead to…?” This is the tagline Match.com use for their TV advert. It features a young male and female prancing around cornfields, making crop circles, akin to those in Signs. Aside from the obvious issue that I wouldn’t class making crop circles as a viable first date, and this…
Dreadful Chat-Up Lines
We all know that with online dating the stakes are low. Most of the time, you don’t know one another and you certainly don’t owe one another anything which could be why many people take a risk and send a slightly obscure first message as a chat-up line. There’s really nothing to lose by sending…
Single Life So Far…
Eighteen months ago  I broke up with my long-term boyfriend; we had been going out for seven years and things just started to go downhill. Single life was going to be amazing – I was in the second year of university and there were some pretty attractive guys on campus. And for the first eight months, it…
