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Dating After Divorce

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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Why Younger Men?

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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Confessions of a First Time Toyboy

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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The Secret Lives of Toyboy Warehouse Members

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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Men: How To Woo and How Not To!

So I popped back on TBW again to write you some blogs, or did I?  Having split up with my 35 year old boyfriend around Christmas maybe a lovely connection and a spring romance would be nice… The attention is a little overwhelming at times and then it occurred to me as message after message […]
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In Praise of Good Boys

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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Career, Family, Happy Relationship: Pick All Three

It’s a long-standing myth that you can’t have everything you want. Of course you can, and what’s more you deserve it. Well-known for making single look fabulous, professional blogger and mother-of-two Jo Middleton has finally met a man worth her time – and he’s ten years younger. We asked her some questions about her success […]
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Odd Dating: New trends that prove there is no normal

Dating, we’ve all been there, we’ve all done it. But the way we date today is drastically different to how our parents met and even more so to their parents. Although the core ‘two become one’ principle ultimately remains the same, the way we date continues to evolve and become increasingly more… The most significant […]
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Why you should scrap your ‘type’

Must be six foot, successful, hold a graduate degree and an organic produce garden. Must not be overly-religious, overly-attached to his mother or overly-tattooed. Sound familiar? Chuck out that checklist and try something new! Don’t be afraid and most importantly don’t limit yourself – we need to stop being so picky. Even if such a […]
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Female leadership and cougar dating

Famous Women Leaders and Cougar Dating

Older women dating younger men is no new phenomenon, as a quick look at centuries of history can inform us. With examples of women who loved cougar dating to pluck from as far back as the Bible, many of these ladies have also been truly iconic, like Cleopatra and Catherine the Great. In fact, to peruse […]
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