Month: March 2022

How do you pronounce eejit?

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tips #Profile #Profiles There is a writing prompt on Hinge to help people understand how to pronounce your name.  For instance, Helena can be pronounced many different ways: HEH-leh-na (German, Czech), heh-LEH-na (German), heh-LEH-nah (Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), kheh-LEH-na (Polish), HEH-leh-nah (Finnish), HEHL-ə-nə (English), hə-LEEN-ə (English) […]

What’s your point?

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Dublin #Spire #LEGO Your profile is your first chance to win over (or lose) a prospective match. You need to make sure you get your point across. But what is your point? What do you want to convey about yourself? I have always been honest, informative […]

First Date #13 – How it went

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #StCanicesCathedral #Ireland #LEGO The amazing first date led to almost a dozen more dates. We saw movies, attended a concert at St. Canice’s Cathedral, and went away for the weekend to an old convent outside of Cahir, County Tipperary. FirstDate#13 and I had similar nerdy […]

First Date #13 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #Freshford #KilkennyCastle #DuckPond #Ireland #LEGO First Date #13 was with an Irish woman living in County Tipperary. We matched on Tinder. We agreed to meet in Freshford as it was mid-way between Templemore and Kilkenny. I don’t know why I agreed to meet in a […]

I Will Follow – Part 12

#FollowFriday #FF #FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #LEGO #Kilkenny #Ireland Here are some amazing people to follow: Tweets by beatweet21 Tweets by Sam1AmNot Tweets by TheBluestStar Tweets by smileitsfree44 Tweets by DarthraedarX0  

The worst is yet to come

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tips #Profile #Profiles Chris can’t figure out how to hook up on Tinder in Vegas. Like a lot of eejits on dating apps, he fell victim to saying the inside things out loud. And here I thought being a “chef” at Red Lobster was gonna be […]

As inevitable as death and taxes

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Covid #LEGO My normal Wednesday post is to pontificate about how to improve your dating profile and give you my dating tips. Those pearls of wisdom will have to wait a week as I am a bit under the weather. Yes, the inevitability of testing positive […]

First Date #12 – How it’s going

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #RingRoad #Ireland #LEGO Thanks to World Cup 2018, I saw FirstDate#12 a few times. And the fun matches led to other fun activities. Though she made it clear that we weren’t suited for each other long term. She has a young daughter, and I neither […]

First Date #12 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #GlendineInn #Ireland #LEGO First Date #12 was with a Polish woman living in Kilkenny. We matched on Tinder. This was during FIFA World Cup 2018, and we agreed to watch a match at Glendine Inn which was just a 20 minute walk from my house. […]

I Will Follow – Part 11

#FollowFriday #FF #FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #LEGO #Kilkenny #TradFest #PaddysWeekend Here are some amazing people to follow: Tweets by derekpotter Tweets by TomJolly19 Tweets by javadave_ Tweets by mehnthegame Tweets by tolaughortolove  

Happy Paddy’s Day! 🇮🇪☘️💚

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #HappyPaddysDay #PaddysDay #StPatricksDay #Kilkenny #KilkennyCastle #Ireland #LEGO HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY ☘️🇮🇪💚

Kiss me I’m Irish!

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #KissMeImIrish #Kiss #KissMe #Kilkenny #KilkennyCastle #Ireland #LEGO There was a time when my being Irish (or at least half-Irish) meant something. I was a bit unique with the hard to pronounce first and last names. Since I’ve moved to Ireland, being half-Irish hasn’t been very impressive, […]

First Date #11 – How it went

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Carlow #DuckettsGrove #Ireland #LEGO I ended up meeting with FirstDate#11 a handful of times, but it never got serious. On one of the dates, we went to Duckett’s Grove in Carlow. The interior of the house was destroyed by a major fire in the 1930s and […]

First Date #11 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Carlow #DinnRi #Ireland #LEGO First Date #11 was with an Irish woman from Carlow. Two-in-a-row from Carlow. I got on well with the previous woman from Carlow, how would this play out? We matched on Tinder, and we agreed to meet at the Dinn Rí Hotel. […]

I Will Follow – Part 10

#FollowFriday #FF #FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #LEGO #Kilkenny #RiverNore #JohnsBridge #Rivercourt #Ireland Here are some amazing people to follow: Tweets by notsosavvydater Tweets by LoveLifeLiquor Tweets by datingappfinds Tweets by AndyJokedAgain Tweets by sofarrsogud