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These kind of events are completely out of my comfort zone. As a kid at school I was the kind of lad that was always sat at the front, hand up to answer every question my teachers asked. I was observant and soaked up knowledge like a sponge but I could also be the class… Read more: Last weekend I went to a singles night

I was just about to give up on dating sites all together. Tired of the fake profiles and scammers, the messages from people living hundreds of miles away and trying to engage with people only to feel like I’m pulling teeth just trying to have a conversation. One word responses, sudden ghosting after seeming to… Read more: How it started (fiction)

I haven’t posted anything on here for a while. Time has gone by and I’ve been in a few different relationships that didn’t quite work out for various reasons but now I think I’m ready for a new chapter so I’ve gone back on the dating sites and began the process to see if I… Read more: An update

It’s been roughly three years since my marriage was over and it’s been a hard journey of rebuilding the contorted metal and fragmented shards of life that remained. I can be very proud of what I have built and how much I have achieved in that time. If today’s Jon could visit ground zero Jon,… Read more: Where I’m at

It’s early in the morning on a day in spring. The sun is peeping through the cracks in the blackout curtains, and I’m beginning to stir. There’s still sleep in the corner of my eyes that I wipe away as I adjust my eyes to face the light of a new day and the first… Read more: What waking up with you would be like

Dear future girlfriendI’ve been thinking about you a lot recently. I’ve been thinking about us and the memories we’re going to make together. I’ve been thinking about the trips I’m going to take you on. Just the two of us together, in our car, travelling. We will make a romantic playlist of our favourite songs.… Read more: Dear future girlfriend Part II

Sometimes when I’m struggling to sleep at night, I’ll put in a film. I don’t watch a lot of TV these days, the endless choice overwhelms my capacity to choose and it brings me very little joy these days. TV used to be a social event. A show you’d all be talking about at school… Read more: A man called Otto

Sometimes I daydream about you. I imagine you walking through the door with a big smile on your face at the end of a long day, happy to see me. I imagine embracing you in my arms and asking about your day. I imagine taking your coat off and massaging your shoulders and kissing your… Read more: Dear future girlfriend

It was a great party last night. The house filled with family. The fridge stocked full to bursting with drinks and food, a big buffet, cocktails, karaoke, laughter and fun. When the last guests leave though and it’s just me in the house, still surrounded by bunting and balloons but just the sound of the… Read more: New Year Reflections

Looking through dating profiles can be quite frustrating at times. I’m sure that this is also true for ladies with men’s profiles as well but after a while, it feels like ground hog day with the variations on a theme of things that people say on their profiles that put off the opposite sex (or… Read more: Ladies, don’t do this on your dating profiles

It was a cold November evening, there was smoke in the atmosphere. I could see your breath, you were shivering, I took my coat and wrapped it around you. I held your hand, I gave you a smile, there was nowhere else I wanted to be than in your arms. I touched your face, I… Read more: I had a dream

A sample erotic story of a first meeting

Some people like to collect stamps, or coins or plates. Me, I seem to collect scammers on dating websites. It’s a unique talent I have! I seem to be absolutely irresistible to them! First time This is a story about how I popped my scammer cherry. It starts with a little bit of back story.… Read more: Scammers are like pints, you can’t just have one

Guys, do you ever remember one of your friends telling you that story about that one time at band camp, when your make sent a picture of his todger to a random girl and she was so impressed she swooned over him with desire, demanding a private viewing? You don’t? Me neither! Yet for some… Read more: Guys, don’t be a dick – don’t send that pic

The world of online dating is a bit of an alien creature to me. When I was last on the market, online dating didn’t even exist, having been in a 20 year relationship. I knew it was going to be a nightmare from listening to friends experiences, but I guess I was a little naïve… Read more: When Jon met Scammy