dating advice

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 [...]

Dating Advice – Transform Your Online Dating Profile

May 12, 2015

As some of you will know, each month on Time Out I’m now writing dating advice. This month I’ve been writing about online dating profiles, and how to easily improve them – check out the article here. Charly [...]

Dating in Your Thirties – Those Awkward, but Important, Questions

May 6, 2015

The Rugby Boy and I hit the 6 month mark last month. To be honest, in the past, that’s been something of an ejector-seat button for me and relationships. It’s been a running joke throughout the early stages of our relationship that [...]

‘Broken’ Engagements, ‘Failed’ Marriages and the Curse of Social Media

May 1, 2015

The world we live in is a crazy new one. No other generation has lived their lives so publicly. With our every move on social media for the world to see (often whether we like it or not), we have different considerations to make. Things which [...]

London Date Ideas – Rocket, Arabica & Archer Street

April 21, 2015

Every week on 30 Dates we feature new ideas for your next date – whether it’s your first, or your 51st! Rocket, Holborn A stone’s throw from Holborn tube station, Rocket is the classiest pizza restaurant I’ve ever been to. [...]

7 tips to help you with first date nerves

April 21, 2015

This week, Time Out London launched regular dating advice on its online site. As part of the advice, I wrote an article about overcoming first date nerves. Except I had to trim it down to just 5 tips … and so 30 Dates Readers get to benefit [...]

Relationship Advice – Find Someone Who Brings Out The Best in You

April 19, 2015

As far back as I can remember, I’ve been willing to change myself for love. I can remember a date, when I was just 15, where I spent the entire time pretending to be into rock music. Pretending, because I fancied the guy so much, and [...]

Dating Advice – 7 Dating Tips for Spring from My Single Friend

April 15, 2015

Looking out the window, it’s clear that Spring is officially here! And so Sarah Beeny, the founder of My Single Friend, has come up with 7 tips to spring clean your love life! “Spring is the perfect time to wake up your love life. As the [...]