I’ve had my contraceptive implant taken out last week, and within a day and a half, I already felt so much better. As I wrote in a previous post, I decided to get it removed because of the effect it was having on my mood. It was a bit of a palaver to arrange. I…
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,…
Since dating someone who was absolutely riddled, I’ve become a sexual health hypochondriac. Until 2016, I had mainly only slept with a handful of people, who I was in relationships with, and they had each slept with as few people as me. Plus, I was a goody-two-shoes about contraception. I was tested for STIs every…
The morning after our 2nd date, the Bearded South African Man (BSAM) texted me, just a few minutes after leaving my flat. I find this screenshot hilarious – I think it perfectly captures a date that has gone well. Over the next week, we were in touch quite a lot by text. He texted me…
A few days after my 9th date with Whippersnapper, I felt a bit sore in my special place. I’m quite prone to things like thrush, so I didn’t think much of it at first. Normally if I respond quickly enough, a bit of thrush cream seems to do the trick. This time, it kept getting…
The morning after my 9th date with Whippersnapper, I felt insecure. I woke up thinking about how I was going to India for two weeks soon; I wanted to see him as much as possible before that, but arranging dates always seemed so fraught with stress. He seemed a bit offhand when I brought up…
These are the edited highlights of my 7th, 8th and 9th dates with Whippersnapper. 7th Date This was just over a week after our 6th date. (My ex-boyfriend moving back in for that one week went OK. Quite early on, I was ready for it to be over, but it was less scary and more…
The morning after my 5th date with Whippersnapper, we both got ready for work. It was the first time he had stayed over on a weekday. I’m never usually that happy in the morning. Just as we were about to leave the flat, I went upstairs to get my shoes. I noticed he’d left yesterday’s…
A day or two before my fifth date with Whippersnapper, we had a text conversation about his latest sexual health symptoms (which turned out to be why he postponed the date). A few weeks ago, he had feared he was having a second outbreak of herpes, but it turned out to be a skin infection. Now,…
Just after my 4th date with Whippersnapper, I went to Portugal. My retired parents had arranged a holiday to get some winter sun and defy Seasonal Affective Disorder, and I went out to join them in Portugal for 5 days. WS left my flat on Saturday afternoon after our date. We had arranged to see…
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