single life

Dating & Relationship Advice – The Pros and Cons of Being On Your Own

April 22, 2015

When I first started dating the Rugby Boy, I can remember genuinely trying to decide if I wanted to stay single or not. One of the great things about my ‘single journey’ (for want of a less patronising phrase) was that I had come to a [...]

Dating Advice for W Talk

April 7, 2015

Last month I spent a day with the brilliant girls from W Talk, chatting about all things dating. I’ll let you know when a podcast of the full show becomes available, but in the meantime, here’s a snippet video, where I explain exactly [...]

The Facebook Relationship

December 29, 2014

As far as I’m concerned, Facebook and relationships have always been a recipe for disaster. The whole ‘in a relationship with xxx’ aspect has added a new convoluted aspect to relationship politics. First there’s the [...]

Contently Single? … Apparently Not!

September 21, 2014

The oddest thing about being single is other people’s reactions. Once you reach a certain age, particularly if you’re female, people assume that your single status is something of a problem. A temporary situation you’re hoping [...]

We Are NOT a Bridget Jones Generation!

May 10, 2014

If there’s something I can talk about at length, it’s being single! In the past ten months I’ve experienced more aspects of single life than I have in my other twenty-nine years! And the last person I would ever equate being [...]

Why I’d Rather Be Single …

May 8, 2014

… than with the wrong person. The thing about being single, is that people seem to judge it as a failure. A failure to find a partner. Unless you’ve just come out of a relationship, if you’re over the age of about 25, people seem [...]

SINGLE – Celebrating My Single Status (Lil Miss D)

January 26, 2014

Last week Lil Miss D wrote a touching and honest post about the dissolution of her marriage. Now she’s back on the dating scene for the first time in eighteen years, and loving every moment! Miss Twenty-Nine xxx Those of you who read my [...]

The January Dating Detox & Other New Year’s Resolutions

January 6, 2014

Ok, so it’s officially the final day of Christmas (though I don’t know about you, it feels like it ended weeks ago already! Ironic, when the decorations go up in shops in September!) And so it’s time to stop looking back at 2013, [...]

The Single Girl’s Christmas Dilemma

December 13, 2013

Tonight did not end how I expected it to! It ended with a blind encounter. And one which is the source of great dilemma as a single girl. I live alone, and have done so for over a year now, so I’m not quite sure how the dilemma passed me by [...]

AGE – 29

December 12, 2013

There are definitely some odd aspects to writing a dating blog! It’s as if the moment guys find out about the blog, they stop treating me like a normal, single girl. Now obviously that’s partly my fault – because very few people I [...]