Bad datesThe Ones Who Stopped Textingno commentThe older I get, the more nostalgic I become. I don't particularly yearn to be back there, but I am...
Bad datesThe Director’s Cutno commentThere are difficult conversations you must have with yourself. There are thoughts you have that rage and burn until you...
Bad datesThe Parent Trapno commentFive minutes ago, my date called me a DILF. I heard it quite clearly. It was supposed to be a...
Bad datesThe Selfieno commentImagine being the most selfish person in the world. Never letting people pass on a narrow pavement, never caring about...
Bad datesThe Table For Twono commentA restaurant. The lighting is low, there is candlelight. Muzak pipes out of unseen speakers. Save for the waiter absentmindedly...
Bad datesThe Museno commentSome people really love talking about their job. And I should know – I have spent many a sunny evening...
Bad datesThe Plus Oneno comment“I’m going to a friend’s for dinner on Friday. Come.” I should say “No thank you, Toby; it’s only our...
Bad datesFollow-upsThe breakup: Mark and the herpes simplex complexno commentOh, Mark. Mark and I had started off so well, with a humorously disastrous date in a museum followed by...
Bad datesThe Hold-Outno commentA restaurant. I hate going for food on a first date, but my date suggested it and so here I...
Bad datesThe Reluctant Mean Girlno commentMidweek. Another bar. Another pint with a stranger. I sit and wonder where I'll be in five hours. Will I...