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This weeks date

So last week it was the actress. This week it's the sensitive  receptionist (53) who once worked in advertising. She has a nice smiley kind face and I am drawn to it. We chatted at some point, it was going well and then suddenly it halted. Something I had written had annoyed her to the point of radio silence. Cheekily, because I was bored, I emailed her in the morning asking an asinine question about her morning routine. She replied, we had banter re Monty Python and the Spanish Inquisition sketch. And now she's agreed to a date in Soho. Gawd knows what switched her back on, perhaps boredom with not dating someone that month. Then there is the Teacher and trainee counsellor (52 from Watford ). She insists I speak to her on the phone. I usually find this tactic misleading, it's no guarantee of anything as the only thing that matters is the face to face.  She has a lovely voice, quite sincere and clearly is struggling financially but yet upbeat. I am interested in the whi

What is online dating like?

So this is my first post. The blog is written for SW,  journo who will probably not forgive my grammar mistakes and limited vocabulary. She believes that dating over 45 is doomed to failure due to all that baggage we're dragging around us. I exaggerate but it suits my purposes. She is sympathetic but ...you know... The other reader is Lady K...also a journo..she basically believes, just get on with it mate...beggars can't be choosers. I exaggerate but yadda yadda. There's a strange disconnect for me as a black guy on the dating scene who has only been involved in interracial relationships. For quite some time I was attracting the type of woman who either only dates black men or has a preference for black men. More of this in another post. This week met a lovely actressy type who spends half her time in France. She confesses she was attracted to me because she's always had a thing about Trevor Macdonald! I wasn't offended and actually found this funny.  I am noth