This is an extract from my diary when I was 16, on my last day of school and the Year 11 School Leavers’ disco (which nowadays would probably be called our ‘prom’). I didn’t end up going because my boyfriend, known here as ‘the Alcoholic Twin’ was not allowed to go as he was too…
After my 3rd date with Andrew, the World-weary Police Detective, I was a bit confused. I really liked him but had some trivial, niche doubts. Then I thought about it properly, and realised I was being a dick, finding fault because it felt too good to be true. Then we had our 4th date. Again,…
I was 13 and had met Ben, who was 20, a few weeks earlier. This diary entry shows the trials and tribulations of trying to meet up with someone before mobile phones. On reflection, I think it’s incredibly unlikely he had ‘work to do.’ He had initially told me he was an accountant, but it…
I think I need to find a new job. Yesterday, after our team meeting, several of my colleagues and I went to the pub. Someone asked me how things are going in my new flat, so I launched into the saga of me buying a new rug at the weekend. I set the scene by…
A diary entry from when I was 17. I had been going out with my boyfriend for a month. He was 2 years older, and was at uni locally. For most of that month, I’d been on study leave from school, doing AS-level exams, which meant I was able to see quite a lot of…
After my amazing, second date with Andrew, the World-weary Police Detective, I sent him frat-boy nonsense messages about masturbation and things, and he sent me messages like this: He makes me feel like I’m this really amazing woman. Our third date was arranged for that Wednesday. He suggested a picnic on Hampstead Heath, which I…
Last Saturday night (or actually, Sunday morning) I had an impromptu second date with the Gentle, World-weary Police Detective. On our first date, when I very first saw him, the first thing that struck me was that he looked exactly like the other policeman I had been on a date with. Since our date, I’ve…
A diary entry from when I was 14, on the German Exchange. I went to a PARTY and was simultaneously excited by the presence of alcohol and drugs, but weirdly judgemental when my friends got drunk. VERY cool day. We went to Phantasia land which is like Alton Towers. It was pretty cool. I didn’t…
Background: a diary entry from when I was 16, doing my GCSE exams. I had just got together with a boy. Before that we were really close friends, and had known each other since Primary School. (I’ve mentioned him before on this blog and called him the ‘alcoholic twin’ because he had a twin brother…
I was on a really great date with a tall and slim, world-weary, gentle police detective. We were waiting for the night tube back to his. We felt a bit aggrieved that we just missed one train and it was 15 minutes until the next one. He apologised a few more times, in advance about…
Dater Analysis 