Browsing: Dating

Name: Practice dates.Age: The term date – to mean romantic dating – was inadvertently coined by American columnist George Ade…

Name: Solo-maxxing.Age: Newish.Appearance: Single, unwilling to mingle.Wait, haven’t we already done solo-maxxing? No. You may be thinking of nonnamaxxing, Catholicmaxxing…

Name: Wanderlove.Age: Originally coined by the dating app Bumble in 2022 to describe a trend predicted for 2023.Appearance: Perhaps finally…

After years of shrinking usage and tumbling stock prices, the dating app Bumble is teasing a major change to its…

In 2003 I was in my early 30s, working for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s company The Really Useful Group in Sydney.…

Mike on AilsaWhat were you hoping for?Good conversation with someone interesting.First impressions?Ailsa arrived with real energy – she bounced in…

Early in 2015 I was helping my friend organise her 30th birthday. She’d decided on the function space above a…

Colman on BenWhat were you hoping for?Brown eyes, decent chat, and if all else failed, a good story.First impressions?Punctual –…

Frances on EddieWhat were you hoping for?A lovely evening with pleasant company.First impressions?Eddie looked much younger and fitter than I…

When Tiffany Tate put the wheels in motion to buy her first home, it felt like a win – until…