Bad dates

The older I get, the more nostalgic I become.  I don't particularly yearn to be back there, but I am...

There are difficult conversations you must have with yourself. There are thoughts you have that rage and burn until you...

Five minutes ago, my date called me a DILF. I heard it quite clearly. It was supposed to be a...

Imagine being the most selfish person in the world. Never letting people pass on a narrow pavement, never caring about...

A restaurant. The lighting is low, there is candlelight. Muzak pipes out of unseen speakers. Save for the waiter absentmindedly...

Some people really love talking about their job. And I should know – I have spent many a sunny evening...

“I’m going to a friend’s for dinner on Friday. Come.” I should say “No thank you, Toby; it’s only our...

Oh, Mark. Mark and I had started off so well, with a humorously disastrous date in a museum followed by...

A restaurant. I hate going for food on a first date, but my date suggested it and so here I...

Midweek. Another bar. Another pint with a stranger. I sit and wonder where I'll be in five hours. Will I...