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Keeping it casual in toyboy and cougar relationships

Keeping It Casual

With all the literature surrounding dating, several questions often get overlooked or are only given uncomfortable lip service by the average Joe-public.   Is it okay to date multiple people at the same time?   If it is, how many should you date?   These questions often come to the fore of my mind when […]
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Shameful toyboy errors

Top 5 Toyboy Dating Mistakes

So you’ve signed up, uploaded a couple of photos and written a few lines about your hobbies. That’s all a toyboy has to do to watch the date offers roll in, right? Wrong. If you’re new to the online dating game or not having much luck, check the following advice and avoid making some of […]
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First date nerves dating older women

When Dating Older Women, Nerves Aren’t Always Bad

It’s amazing how simple things can affect your nerves, and dating older women is no different. For example, without discussing what my job is, it requires me to be fairly confident. It is fair to say that when I first started I was a bit nervous but since then it has become second nature which […]
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cosmetic surgery is often associated with cougars

The Perfect Model

Take a walk, pick up a magazine, or browse the internet. Consciously or not, your eyes will have skimmed over at least five advertisements showing something you need in your life. Ideas about who we are and who we should be are scattered everywhere and can be particularly disruptive in a community often associated with […]
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Online dating, writing a first message

First Message Faux Pas

After recently flirting with the world of online dating and gaining some experience of what it’s all about, I have observed similar patterns occurring in the way men approach women with that all-important first message. I thought it was supposed to be a question of first impressions and making them count. So why is it […]
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Break up

5 Stages of a Break Up

I believe that being in a relationship gives you important life experience. It helps you grow. A lot of the life lessons I’ve learned have been during a relationship. But what happens when the partner in crime decides to break up? I’ve seen this happen to friends a few times. A distinct pattern shows to […]
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Romantic Florence

The Four Date Rule

Long and intense have been the discussions as to how many dates it is reasonable to go on before one sleeps with someone.  Having garnered opinion from both sexes the general consensus appears to be; two dates if you aren’t that bothered about seeing them again but four if you think you would like to […]
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Cinderella

The Perfect Fairy Tale Romance?

And they all lived happily ever after…….. Do you remember those words? I’m not generally a conspiracy theorist but this one really gets me! You know the one – a Prince who battles against the odds to win the heart of the hard done by maiden and whisks her up the aisle towards a better […]
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Personality Before Age

Although older women dating younger men has been going on for centuries, it’s not been mainstream in any capacity. Shakespeare was with a women 8 years his senior, the prophet Mohammed with one 15 years his senior. These are high profile examples, obviously, but these relationships are woven throughout history. However, the recent surge in […]
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Romantic meeting

Sam-I-Am

In this blog, I wish to introduce my delightful ‘Sam’ to you in preparation for a variety of odd and hilarious situations we have encountered together. We met via an online dating site years ago, we developed  a surprising friendship and we have kept in touch intermittently ever since. Sam is not his real name, […]
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