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30 Dates Wins Mills & Boon Romantics Award – Blogger of the Year!

May 1, 2015

Huge thanks to everyone who voted for me / 30 Dates in the ‘Blogger of the Year’ category of the Mills and Boon Romantics. Ironically, I missed the ceremony on Wednesday night, because I was setting up a blind date for Time Out in the [...]

Dating Advice – A Lot Can Change In A Short Time

March 21, 2015

One of the cool things about writing 30 Dates, is that I’m able to really easily place time markers on things. I have a virtual record of when things happened. I know who I went on dates with and when… Who my wingmen and women were [...]

Dating Tip – Take Your Time!

March 17, 2015

The more you date, you start to develop a pattern. A comfort blanket. Maybe it’s a bar you visit, or a story you tell. Maybe it’s a dress you wear or a friend you check in with. Some of the patterns are good for you – the more comfortable you [...]

Meet the Parents – Part One!

February 8, 2015

As regular readers will know, I’m very recently not-single. I began dating the Rugby Boy in October, and made things official when I returned from Australia at the start of last month. The last few weeks have already been rather comic in a [...]

Meet the Dating Expert – Laura Yates

January 31, 2015

Every week on 30 Dates, we welcome different members of the dating industry to write guest posts. This week relationship coach Laura Yates joins us to discuss break-ups. Dating After a Break-Up When it comes to break-ups, there’s a lot of talk [...]

London Singles Events Calendar – February 2015

January 26, 2015

Tuesday 3rd – Date in a Dash – Speed Dating, SO UK, Clapham. 40-52. £20. Original Speed Dating – Sugar Cane, Clapham Junction. 7pm. 23 to 35. £20. (Weekly event) Wednesday 4th – Passionsmiths – Escaping Singledom [...]

New Uber Promo Code

January 25, 2015

The guys at Uber will be continuing to support Safer Dating in London, by offering free cab rides to 30 Dates blog readers! If you’ve never used the app before, the code 30DATES will get you a free £20 cab ride, or £20 off a more expensive [...]

Meet the Dating Expert – Natalie Alexander

January 25, 2015

Every week on 30 Dates, I ask dating industry experts to write guest posts for the blog. This week the ‘City Matchmaker’, Natalie Alexander joins the blog to talk about Success and the City. The Power Couple: Success and the City How [...]

London Date Idea – The Cadogan Arms, Chelsea

January 25, 2015

This year on the blog (or at least while things continue with the Rugby Boy!) I’m be changing the way I review date ideas. Going forward, both the Rugby Boy and l will be covering the date ideas, so you get both a girl and a guy’s [...]

Show Me The Money! – The Cost of Dating in 2014

January 24, 2015

We all know dating can be expensive. Paid dating sites regularly cost as much as £40 a month to join, dating events range from £10 to £60 a night, and then there’s the even more expensive bespoke search methods, like matchmakers, or dating [...]