Until now, I’ve been pretty lucky with online dating. Not lucky enough to be in a happy relationship, and I do seem to attract trouble-makers, but I hadn’t come across many time-wasters, or been rejected that much. First, I went on Guardian Soulmates, in 2013, and ended up in a 3-year relationship with the first…
Recently, I’ve changed my dating app settings, so I’m looking for something completely different. First, I’ll explain why. Compared to other times I’ve been single, I’m hating this more because it feels lonelier. There are lots of good things about being single; one of my favourite things in life is going to a club and…
While I was on OkCupid, there were only really two guys who seemed like serious contenders: the Whippersnapper, and Open Relationship Guy. On my profile, because the questions you had to fill in were so good, ironically, I did a half-arsed job of answering them; I planned to have a good think and then come back, and never…
I deleted my profile on Plenty of Fish after my dramas with Daniel, because even after I blocked him, we could still see when each other were online, which made me feel weird. One of my work friends said she liked OkCupid, so I thought I’d have a look. I liked the fact you had…
I think since adolescence, I’ve wondered if I’m definitely just straight, or whether I fancy women a bit too. I definitely do fancy men, and all my relationships have been with men, but I do think the average woman is more attractive than the average man. I think, in a lot of ways, women are actually…
A few weeks ago, I decided to join a dating site. It was probably too soon after my breakup to start dating again, but it was a tipsy evening in, on my own, on a Friday, and for some reason I was feeling slightly obsessed with sex. I decided I would just sign up, have…
