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Older woman dating
Online dating can be a lot of fun but its function is as a precursor to the all-important first date. Like an interview, it’s all about selling yourself and making a good first impression. On the surface that sounds like a big ask, but it doesn’t have to be. Toyboy Warehouse have made your a […]
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Older woman dating
When it comes to dating and relationships, it’s a phrase we are all too familiar with: “opposites attract”. Though every cliché automatically provokes suspicion, it stands to reason that a saying this well-established must contain at least a grain of truth. Imagine, if you and your partner were both really talkative, you’d never manage a […]
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Toyboy dating
There are few situations that provide such an erotic frisson as a liaison between a younger man and an older woman. This concept is not a modern one: think of the French author Colette’s series of short stories about the characters Cheriand his mistress Lea, who enjoyed such a relationship over some ten years, despite a thirty-year age gap. There […]
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Toyboy dating
Well, maybe a better question to ask might be, “Why Not?”  She’s a Monet, not an Instagram.  She’s a Stradivarius, not an iPod.  She’s an Aston Martin DB5, not a hatchback. She knows exactly who she is and what she wants, and,  if you’re lucky – VERY lucky, she may just want YOU..  But you […]
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Toyboy Dating
One year ago my world came crashing down. I had been married for twenty-two years to a man that I loved and who I thought loved me. We had two grown-up children together and shared a lovely detached house in a leafy suburb. If there was such a thing as the English dream then this […]
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If I have been asked this question once, I’ve been asked it a thousand times.  So it occurred to me, it might be a good idea to write a blog about it, to share the ideas that I’ve had time to consider with the community. Then in future, when I’m inevitably asked again, I can […]
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I’m new to internet dating and, if I am being completely honest, I have always been a little skeptical about the whole idea of finding love online. I used to joke with my mates about nerds glued to the glare of a computer screen all weekend whilst the rest of us were out getting laid. […]
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Toyboy dating
I’ve been meeting up recently with a number of female friends in their late forties and fifties and a theme seems to be emerging from the lives of the newly single: a journey deeper into self, including sexuality. These are women who were married or entered long time partnerships as long ago as the 1980’s […]
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Toyboy dating
There is a popular view in the media that women love a “Bad Boy”, which may or may not be based on reality. Certainly some of the platonic male friends I’ve had over the years have confided that they have suffered from “Nice Man” syndrome. You know, being the dependable shoulder to cry on when […]
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