30 Dates

Happy 2nd Birthday 30 Dates Blog!

July 11, 2015

On July 2nd 2013 I wrote a Facebook status which would change my life entirely. Six days later I wrote my first ever blog post. After that, the fun truly began. 30 very different dates, with 30 different guys. 30 Blind Dates before my 30th [...]

Burgers … the solution to an age old dating dilemma?!

June 26, 2015

It’s funny how we build stuff up in our minds isn’t it? I can’t count how many times I’ve heard someone say they’re ‘just going for a drink’ on a first date, because they want to keep it casual. And [...]

London Date Ideas – Wright Brothers, Source, & Kurobuta

June 22, 2015

The best part about dating – whether it’s with a new person each time, or the same person time and again – is that you get to explore the city. London is jam-packed full of different restaurants, so why not explore somewhere new. [...]

Taking the Next Step – Living Together

June 22, 2015

The longer I work in the dating industry, and the more I come to understand the dating world, unfortunately the more bad dating advice I read. Anyone can call him or herself a dating expert, and one of the reasons I was so keen to set up industry [...]

Dating Mistakes – My YouTube Video with Calum McSwiggan for Switchboard

June 20, 2015

As part of Pride Month, the charity LGBT Switchboard, and YouTuber Calum McSwiggan, have produced a series of daily videos. The videos are a mix of educational and hilariously comical videos, involving some of the biggest LGBT YouTubers around [...]

Why Date Nights are Important … Whatever Your Relationship Status!

June 18, 2015

As a serial dater, for the best part of two years I averaged 2 dates a week. And in busy times it was as much as 3 dates a day! Yes, I was writing a dating blog, and treating dating more like a hobby than a way to find a boyfriend, but it was a [...]

New Online Dating Sites and Apps I’ve Discovered This Week

June 9, 2015

It’s literally a matter of days since I compiled the A-Z of Dating Apps – a list of over 100 apps which I had to split out into 4 posts because it was so long. And yet in the two weeks since then, I’ve discovered another 5 apps [...]

Why I Bloody Love the South Bank!

June 9, 2015

More than once, this blog has been referred to as my love affair with London. I began writing it, rather apathetic about our capital city. I’d never lived here, and had been stuck under peoples’ armpits on Tube carriages one too many [...]

Fancy becoming a Matchmaker? – Matchmaker Academy

May 24, 2015

Are you passionate about people? Do you want a career that’s more a lifestyle choice than a job? Do you want to make money by helping others find love? Have you ever watched Millionaire Matchmaker and thought ‘I want to [...]

London MUST SEE – Diary Days

May 10, 2015

Whether you’re single or in a relationship, Diary Days, by blogger Jordi Sinclair of Thirty Something London is a must-see comedy night. Why? Because it’s completely unplanned and unscripted. It’s just members of the audience [...]