blind dates

Time Out’s First Blind Date

April 1, 2015

So in an odd twist, the girl who went on 30 blind dates now arranges blind dates for other people! As part of my new job at Time Out, I’ve been running Time Out Dates Nights. The Date Nights aren’t just for singletons – [...]

Blind Date Etiquette

September 5, 2014

Last week I chaperoned a blind date. It’s by no means the first blind date I’ve set up, but it was the first time I’ve set up a date where both parties were complete strangers to me. And I was genuinely shocked by the behaviour [...]

30 Dates Around The World!

March 17, 2014

Happy Paddy’s Day to all our Irish, and American Irish readers 🙂 As part of the celebrations, I figured it was a good opportunity to introduce the new 30 Dates Challenge! Almost exactly six months ago, I finished up 30 Dates by 30 – a [...]

ENCOUNTERS – A Crazy Dating Equation

December 10, 2013

Five months into the 30 Dates blog, and I’m no stranger to odd singles event ideas. As a group of Experimental Daters we’ve been Toilet Dating, Silent Dating, Yoga Pub Dating, and tried several times to get ourselves into a Dating in the [...]

Coming Up This Wednesday! (Ruby)

November 25, 2013

Over the past few weeks, the 30 Dates Blog has introduced the idea of #WednesdayDatingClub – a way to inspire singletons, as well as those of you in relationships, to get out and about and date! There’s a big difference between being [...]

#WednesdayDatingClub Tale!

November 21, 2013

Check out this Wednesday Dating Club story which a blog reader has just sent in! It’s a bit sad, but Dating isn’t always rosy, and sometimes you have to share the downs as well as the ups. Speaking of Ups … Dapper Gent was [...]

GEOGRAPHY – Going the Distance (The Champagne Hero)

November 20, 2013

A few weeks ago The Champagne Hero wrote about the Love & Lust Halloween Party from a boy’s perspective, alongside The Rebound Gal’s thoughts on the event. Now he’s back over in Germany, and ready to post his first ever solo [...]

FEAR – The Ghost Tour (Dapper Gent)

November 20, 2013

Form an orderly queue ladies … it’s time for the Dapper Gent’s first blog post! And if he causes even half as much of a stir as his profile did on Twitter last week, we’re in for a treat! Miss Twenty-Nine xxx This was my [...]

SEX – Delete, Block, Goodbye! (Tabula Rasa)

November 19, 2013

Time for Tabula Rasa’s first contribution to the Blog. One of the first Experimental Daters to be introduced, she’s kept quiet over the past few weeks … But now it’s time to find out what she’s been up to during that [...]

SINGLE – Diving in at the Deep End (The Rebound Gal)

November 18, 2013

She’s back! I’m not gonna lie, The Rebound Gal has probably my favourite blog name. Every time I set up one of her posts, I see her emerging through swinging Saloon Doors … heading back out into the Wild West of dating, her [...]