Relationships

The Politics of the Wedding Invite

June 27, 2015

As you grow older, you could be forgiven for thinking you grow wiser. For assuming playground games and friendship evaluations are a thing of the past. But the reality of modern life is that just when you think you’re a real adult, society slaps [...]

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 [...]

Fools Rush In

July 14, 2014

It’s the news of the day, and everyone is talking about it … THAT wedding ring photo! After just three months together, last night Cheryl Cole announced that she had secretly wed French boyfriend Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini. (Photo [...]

WORDS – Hitting the Flirting Deadline

October 19, 2013

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As I begin to set the tone of the various experiments, and recruit my trusted band of Experimental Daters (check out the profiles of TOWTS and Fader which have gone live tonight … twenty-eight more to come very soon!), a lot of the initial [...]

GAMES – Doing My Homework

October 16, 2013

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As last night’s awkward solo post-Speed Date dinner proved, it’s always a lot easier to go to Singles Events with other single friends. And back in July when I first suggested trying out some of the London speed dating events, I was [...]

Oxford Speed Dating – Slow Dating

October 16, 2013

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So this is Phase Two of the 30 Dates Blog – 30 Dating Experiments … or rather, 30 Dating Experiment Topics. Each one will be made up of various different studies, interviews and tests. I’ll dip in and out of the different Topics [...]

The Dating Experiments

October 9, 2013

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A few days ago I introduced the second phase of The Dating Experiments. Now, I don’t want to give too much away, and each of the ‘Experiments’ will include a variety of different aspects – trials, challenges, interviews, [...]