Having recently returned from a week in Portugal I noticed how full of Brits and Irish people it was. I can’t say that this was what I was expecting, I never really choose to go abroad to be surrounded by people from my home town. Nevertheless I was with my … Continue reading
It’s 2 am. It’s Friday night and the only thing you’ve had down your throat this evening is vodka tonics and the dirty blonde who’s name you don’t care to remember. The bar is ready to close up soon but the two of you are not done partying. The choice … Continue reading
What makes us want to date people in the workplace? With the office being the forefront of most workplace shenanigans. With nothing but computers, photocopiers and paperwork to focus on from 9-5, is it any wonder we suddenly have a look around elsewhere. Steve from accounts has always been a … Continue reading
So it’s been a good 10 years of drinking, debauchery and some promiscuity thrown into the mix. Mojitos on a Tuesday and suddenly realising its 4am. Partying till dawn on a weekend and having to choose between buying food and going out that night, (food always lost). The biggest priorities … Continue reading
How much emphasis do we put on money when searching for an appropriate suitor? Is it a factor inbred into our nervous systems when looking for our prince (or pauper)? Oh none I hear you cry? Money doesn’t matter it’s the person inside and that’s all that matters you say? OK I believe … Continue reading
How often have you been on a night out with your girlfriends or with your man, and have woken up to your news feed covered in pictures of you from the night before? Starting the beginning of the night looking like Angelina Jolie, eyelashes pristine and clutch bag intact, fast … Continue reading
What are peoples top New Year’s resolutions for 2013? It seems that losing weight is at the top and things like finding a new job that kind of thing. However hunting for a new man appears to be high on the agenda for singletons in the UK. According to Match.com … Continue reading
Football season has started yet again, did it ever finish I hear you say? That’s because it lasts from August to May every year! With minor breaks for Christmas and New Years it would seem. Of course any guy who is into football becomes overtly excited as football season approaches. … Continue reading
With yet another celebrity having a baby it seems everywhere you turn people are getting pregnant on the celeb scene. 2013 is the year for expectant celebs. Kim and Kanye, Jordan and Kieran and of course the most prestigious of them all Kate and Wills. No longer is it about … Continue reading
What do you think of when you think of a 30 year old woman? Do you envision a young, sexy Cheryl Cole mantra, free, single and in 6 inch heels? Or married, mortgage a couple of kids? The truth is there is a very confusing pattern of where you should … Continue reading
Ok so summers’ drawing to an end but that doesn’t mean that we need to get our boyfriend heads on and start prowling for long term meat! There is still so much fun to be had as a single gal in the city (or country). There are some ideals that … Continue reading
For those of you who know me, you will know how this article is going to go. As Valentines draws closer and closer I can see the glint in my friend’s eyes. The hopes and dreams they excite of, candlelit dinners, red roses, marks and spencer’s dine in for 2, followed … Continue reading
Like any good girlfriend I try to impress my boyfriend’s family as much as possible. Helping in the kitchen where need be, not swearing or smoking or drinking too much. Basically the exact opposite of how I actually live my life! The festive period is no different. If anything you … Continue reading
Now on top of flirting, playing it cool and trying to feel empowered all at the same time there is a little media foreplay added to the mix. Camera phones, Skype and Facebook. Whatever did we do without all of these media mixes? We can talk to guys on-line without even having … Continue reading
Proactive or Perverse? There seems to be a rise in the amount of pregnancy dating sites now broadcast on the internet. It seems to be the next trending thing on the market. No longer are pregnant singles content with being left to sit with buckets of ice cream and cankle … Continue reading
I remember asking my nan about dating and relationships and how she and my granddad got together. It was a completely different world back then. The men would pick up the women from their houses up with no less than a bunch of flowers. Normally having to have the awkward … Continue reading
With yet another marriage under her belt, Katie Price proves to us that she is a woman with little or no morals when it comes to getting married. Marrying former stripper Kieran Hayler after only 2 months of knowing him is proving to be the norm for ‘The Pricey’. Nothing … Continue reading
How far is too far? Is there such a thing? It’s one thing following your man to the pub when he wants to watch football and you want to be seen as the ‘supportive girlfriend’. It’s another thing perhaps when he wants you to follow him to the other ends … Continue reading
Can you really fall in love with someone as soon as you meet them? Or do people all too often confuse love with lust? We regularly make up our mind within 3 minutes of meeting someone to see if that person is suited to us and if we are attracted … Continue reading
Is it ever ok to lie to your partner? Ok so great big lies are never ok right? But what if it is to save a relationship? Let’s take the obvious one, if you have cheated and you’re in two minds about what to do. Do you tell your partner … Continue reading
When I think of people in relationships that I know, then most people dating or married are both of a similar age. This is normally because people either meet in bars where alike aged people go, through friends who are normally of similar age. There’s not normally more than a … Continue reading
OK so you have been together for a while, a few years perhaps and maybe you even live together. Which will certainly make this harder than it needs to be. The way you behave around each other isn’t what it once was. Gone are the days of sipping Chardonnay in … Continue reading
We’ve all been there, the love of our lives (or so we think) has trampled over our hearts and shattered our illusions of love. Everything was going so smoothly until he tells you he’s not ready for a relationship! You’re left crying into your cosmo wondering what it is you … Continue reading
OK so we’ve all been there, all been on dates we’d rather forget or much rather wish we hadn’t turned up to in the first place. The trick is not to recreate those mistakes yourself. So you’ve managed to secure yourself a date for Saturday night, with a guy you met in town. You’ve had a trip … Continue reading
So you’ve been dating Mr Wonderful for 6 luxurious months. It’s all hearts and flowers and looking dreamily into his eyes over the Seabass. You think he could be the one or at the very least in the running for a long term partner. 30 is fast approaching in a … Continue reading
What’s the first rule of friendship? Never put a man before your friends. Boyfriends will come and go, true girlfriends will last forever. Girls before guys right? I remember my mother telling me as a young girl to never let a boy come in between a friendship. Making a pact all those years ago that … Continue reading