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30 Dates, One Year On … The Attic Mouse

July 25, 2014

This month 30 Dates celebrated its first birthday, and as part of the celebrations, I asked some of the original 30 Dates to tell us about the last year from their perspective. Last week I summarised my year since 30 Dates began, but what about [...]

Sex on a First Date

June 14, 2014

Ladies – it appears these days you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t! A few weeks ago I wrote about the perils of asking a guy to stay over if you’re not planning on having sex with him. However even if you are [...]

Dating Website Review – Plenty of Fish

March 18, 2014

These days I get asked a fair few questions about dating, especially online dating. And a really common question is which dating sites and apps are the best. Thinking about it, I realised I’d signed up to heaps of different sites – [...]

DATING ADVICE – The Vanishing Romeo

February 5, 2014

As word of 30 Dates spread, I often find myself answering questions about dating. Not just from friends and acquaintances, but in emails and tweets from complete strangers. The thing I’ve realised about the questions I get asked, is that [...]

INTERNET – A Tinderella Story – Eye of the Tiger

January 27, 2014

I have a confession to make – I’ve been back on Tinder this evening! Though its’s all in the name of the blog. Promise! 😉 This was a post I first began ‘researching’ around Christmas time, inspired by [...]

GEOGRAPHY – The Out of Town Dater (The Enigmatic Flaneur)

January 19, 2014

The Enigmatic Flaneur returns with a frank look at the geography of London dating. Miss Twenty-Nine xxx Via PlentyOfFish, MySingleFriend and Tinder, I’ve dated girls both in and outside of London. What I quickly realised, is that many people [...]

Experimental Dater Five – Tabula Rasa

October 20, 2013

Time to add another female Dater to the team. In her own words, Experimental Dater Number Five voluntarily ‘took herself off the market’ for the past year, during which time she made a lot of changes. And part of her fresh take on [...]

Date Five – The One with the GSOH

July 24, 2013

On the evening of July 23rd 2013, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge introduced the newborn royal baby to the world on the steps of St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. Where was I? On Date Number 5 of my 30 Date Challenge! Now, the first thing [...]

‘Blind’ Dating in the Modern World

July 23, 2013

A few years ago, I won a Cosmopolitan Ultimate Woman of the Year Award … It’s definitely one of my more random anecdotes – I got ready for the ceremony in ten minutes, because I hadn’t realised I’d actually won [...]

The Henley Boy

July 8, 2013

I wish I could say that my motivation for this challenge was purely journalistic. That I had thought of a light, fun challenge to see out my twenties in style, and that was all. Don’t get me wrong, the challenge has definitely put a grin on [...]