The Power of No

2018-06-15T05:26:11-07:00June 15th, 2018|

At what point in matching with someone on a dating app do you give up your right to say no? At what point when you’re chatting with someone over text do you give up your right to say no? At what point after you’ve met up with someone in real life do you give up your right to say no?

Please Remove The Bullet – Part 2 of 2

2018-05-31T21:24:55-07:00May 31st, 2018|

I never thought going back would be easy, but I could never have imagined how much it would tax me. To live everyday second guessing what your partner is telling you, trying to determine if they’re lying, looking for telltale signs of the behaviour repeating itself.

Accepting Defeat

2018-04-30T22:01:06-07:00April 30th, 2018|

It had been a rocky start to the year - with the end of Filipeen, the mess with Malaysian Persuasion and then the… I don’t even know what with English Kiwi Naval Officer. I wasn’t loving the end to what had otherwise been an incredible year of getting back into dating and fully feeling empowered and in charge of myself again.

Gone Fishing… Catfishing

2018-04-24T08:25:16-07:00April 24th, 2018|

Trusting your gut is all well and good but how do you employ that strategy when the very nature of dating, particularly online dating, is that of having to take things at face value? Where does blind faith stop and healthy suspicion take over? When should you trust and when should you question? In other words, how do you know when you’re being catfished?

That Age Old Question

2018-04-17T05:53:09-07:00April 17th, 2018|

As if age hadn’t been a hot topic after the Billy The Kid incident, after dating two 25 year old’s - yes at the same time, though both in varying degrees of seriousness - it was once again at the forefront of my mind.

Cold Sores & Bullshit – Part 2 of 3

2018-04-06T05:38:54-07:00April 6th, 2018|

You’d think that if anyone was going to go missing when flying between the UK and Canada, it would be the person on the tin can in the sky and not the other person patiently waiting at home, right? But somehow between me waking up in Edinburgh on the day I was leaving and me landing back in Vancouver 16 hours later, Malaysian Persuasion went MIA.

Multi Player Game Loading…

2018-03-30T10:01:43-07:00March 30th, 2018|

In this world of online dating, the swiping and matching and compatibility scores make it all seem very game like, but when I entered it, I still expected it was going to be a two person game. Turns out I was wrong.

Strings Optional

2018-03-27T06:26:20-07:00March 27th, 2018|

If you were to describe an ideal date for you, what would it be? A fancy dinner? Beers on the beach? A walk to some beautiful waterfalls? Or maybe it would be playing video games and eating junk food? I didn’t know that last option would be so popular with me until...

Swiping For The Night

2018-03-23T06:26:13-07:00March 23rd, 2018|

Are you one of those people who were young and free in their twenties and enjoyed all that went along with dating in university, when your end of term tests included a trip to the sexual health clinic too? Or have you always been in long term relationships and couldn’t image dating people casually, much less having a one night stand?

Are You On The Guestlist? And Do You Have ID?

2018-03-20T07:04:16-07:00March 20th, 2018|

This is a story I’ve been kind of dreading telling… You know when things happen, situations arise, decisions are made and then you’re like “wow, did that just happen?” That was how I felt come the Monday morning after this particular escapade.

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