Showing posts with label online dating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online dating. Show all posts

Thursday, January 01, 2015

I've been tinderized

So 2104 was the first time I really tried online dating. In no particular order. the following is my experience of dating using the app. The names of the innocent have been omitted
  • gorgeous, but felt like a sister than a romantic partner. Could have been fun but I know it wouldn't have lasted long
  • lot of fun but in the end, just not my type
  • one date, neither of us felt like it would go anywhere afterwards so we left it at that
  • great girl, intelligent, sporty, little withdrawn. I had zero experience with women like this and it showed. she ended it after the second date. Really brought me down, still feel it could have been something
  • loads in common but she ended it because we (and this is a direct quote) "don't challenge each other"
  • longest term girlfriend I've had in a long time, really knocked me back when she ended it and it hit me harder than I'm willing to admit
  • nice girl, easy to talk to but met me the same time I had a few dates with someone else, so she said she was happy to leave it at the one date we had
  • lovely girl, got on well, unfortunately lives about 15,000 miles away so we met while she was home on a short holiday
One thing I've learned is timing can be the most important part of a relationship, especially at the beginning. If both of you are not in the same headspace, romantically, it can all fall apart really easy.
Also, sometimes it's ok to be a bit of a dick, as long as she knows it's not what you're really like!

Remember - eventually you will have your last first date

Things that were true about me on 1st January 2014 that are not true on 31st December 2014

I've never done a reading at a wedding
I don't have a sister in law
I don't own the place I live in
I've never been to a gig at Leopardstown
I've never been to an open air movie screening
I've never been to Glendalough
I've never dated someone I met online
I've never been to a Six Nations game with my father