Online Dating our favourite dates.

We were asked by “Love on the Line” for some of our best/ worst online dating stories, and after thinking about the dates we had been on with thanks to the internet, we decided they were just too good not to share with everyone! Firstly we discovered that I (J) should write this post as I have been on a lot more internet dates than T, by a lot more I mean that she's been on one and I've been on well too many!! 

We've already blogged about some of the messages we get from online dating with our posts "Funny things men say" , "Online dating a little advice for men!" and "Funny things men say 2" but have never blogged about the actual dates we went on. So here's a quick Single Girl World Low-down of my internet dates... the good and the not so good!

1. The Teacher.... Who thought that Abba sung "Staying Alive" (don't even ask how we got round to that conversation) and continued to argue his case for about 20 minutes!!

2. DJ No Banter... A DJ with NO BANTER,  I honestly didn't laugh once. Nothing worse on a first date! I then went on a second date - just in case and it was worse. THEN, about 2 months later I saw him as I was out running he was on a bike and the only thing I could think to do was to hide in a bush! Brilliant!  

3. Two dates in one day... Okay, so it's bad to do this, but I had a busy week so scheduled 2 dates for one day. It's bad to do it for the simple reason that if you really like the first date (which I did) and the second date isn't that great, you are going to be absolutely gutted that you had to leave date number one!

4. Irish Man... He turned up 20 minutes late and his opening line was "I'm meeting my mate in an hour!" I wanted to reply with "Shall we not bother?!"

5. Irish Man Number 2: Who ended the date with "Ah come on I've seen 'The Valleys' (that awful MTV programme) I know how easy Welsh girls are..." There were no words for this comment, this was definitely a time where actions spoke louder and the action involved walking away!

It's pretty safe to say that I haven't had a lot of success with Online Dating, by a lot I mean none at all. Call me old fashioned but I think I prefer meeting people off-line (almost impossible in London!)
I've learned a lot from all my dates about what I'm looking for in a man,  and always have a funny story to tell, so I see it as a win, win situation! 


Lots of Love, 

J xxx

Online Dating !! A little advice for Men !

So Guys we have checked out some online dating sites and whether you want to take note or not, here is some advice from Single Girl World !

First up ! The Pictures !!

Good -

1. Nice photos of you doing something you enjoy. For example your hobbies! Rock climbing, playing in your band ! Whatever it is, show her you have a life!

2. A picture of your face! Smiling ! It's that simple !

3. A photo of you looking your best! For example at a wedding! All suited and booted!

4. A photo to represent you !!

Right here come the DON'TS !

No club photos if you are completely off your face! Not attractive!

No tropical animals! This includes snakes and parrots! A picture with your dog, is perfect !

No 'just your torso shot'! It's always good to know you have a face!

No aggressive 'Eminem' lookalike's.

Don't put up 5 pictures of you and the same group of lads! How are we suppose to know which one is you.

Always put up at least one photo ! It's really unlikely a girl is going to like a profile that hasn't got a photo! It's suspicious !

That's it guys !
Step 1 Complete !
Next up - Your Tag line !

SGW xxxx

Internet Dating.

I recently joined an internet dating site, I know I can hear you scream "WHY?!?!?!" from here!

I would like to say it was all for research purposes, but that would be lying and my mum told me never to lie.
It did start off as a research project and I ended up going on a date. The date was a DISASTER as the man in question had no banter, and I mean NO BANTER. Like not even an ounce of funny which in my eyes is a must!!

But less about me and Mr No Banter and more about online dating as a whole.

I still find the concept of finding someone online a little bit weird, the fact that in years to come when people ask you the story of how you met, you say "Well.... we met online." I mean when is it going to be socially accepted to openly admit to online dating. My latest "research" shows that we are still not at that point. Everyone that I have mentioned my online dating to has made the same disgusted noise. So it leads me to ask this when is it going to be acceptable to find love on line. When many of the men's profiles add at the bottom "you will have to lie about how we met" I think we are some way off yet!

Watch out for my next online dating profile putting together all of my favourite messages! They are pretty hilarious!!!