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Christmas wine
I had an unexpected call from an ex-boyfriend last night. I picked up unaware that it was him calling, having lost all my numbers from my phone recently and was surprised to hear from him presuming, after such an extended absence, that he had either died, married or moved to Tahiti. We chatted for a […]
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The Morning After Show
TBW Founder, Julia Macmillan, is on the Morning After Show, talking about the furor between Caroline Flack and One Direction star, Harry Styles. The pair first sparked speculation of a romance back in October, when they shared a kiss and were caught on camera flirting during the reality series spin-off show broadcast on ITV2. Floppy-haired […]
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Men Confess: 22 reasons why younger guys fall for older women We at TBW HQ came across this insightful article on iVillage recently. 22 reasons, straight from the horse’s mouth, as to why many men prefer older women. Here’s an excerpt: In Older Women, Younger Men: New Options for Love and Romance, authors Felicia Brings […]
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Evaline
On Friday 2nd December, some friends and I went to see a band called Evaline play at The Bull & Gate in Kentish Town. This is one of my favourite venues to see bands, as it’s big enough not to be all squashed up, and small enough to feel intimate. The beer is also cheap, which is a […]
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Radio 5 Live
Women who date and marry younger men is still a topic that gets people ringing and tweeting radio programmes in big numbers. I was on BBC 5 Live this morning at 7.40 talking about the fact that it is a growing trend and people should avoid stereotyping other people’s relationships. Apparently so many people had opinions about […]
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Toyboy Warehouse dating and romance
I was chatting to a friend yesterday. She is single and in rather a quandary about why. My conclusion was not that she was too fussy but that her type was too specific. She had a very small age window to negotiate around. She likes her men tall, dark and – yes, you’ve guessed it […]
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Women and marriage
There was article in last weekend’s Observer about an American woman called Kate Bolick who had written a piece in Atlantic Magazine about the fact that she, approaching 40, might never marry. It caused a stir and a lot of interest (30,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook.) She’s even been approached to turn her story into a […]
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Toyboy Warehouse relationship expert
A TBW guy agreed to share his story (all personal information from the session is strictly private & confidential) A knock at the door and in walks an attractive man with a beaming smile and big sparkling brown eyes, he gives me a strong confident handshake and introduces himself.  On first impressions, it’s hard to […]
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Older women dating younger men
Age gap relationships have been around since time began, the more common being an older man and younger woman, and these are generally pretty well received, unless the difference is insanely vast, or it’s obvious the older man only has the company of his younger woman because of his bank balance. The reverse – older […]
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The "cougar" woman
The cougar dating phenomena: What makes a younger man attracted to a cougar? And why does it look like this trend isn’t going to go away? According to science, men shouldn’t really be attracted to older women. Evolution has primed men to fancy the most healthy, fertile women. For ‘healthy and fertile’, science would have […]
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