Month: June 2022

First Date #27 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #McDonaghJunction #Ireland #LEGO First Date #27 was with an Irish woman living in Kilkenny. We matched on Tinder. We agreed to meet at Starbucks on the 4th of July. This obviously didn’t mean anything to the Irish woman, and to be honest, I barely took […]

What am I doing wrong?

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Cork #StPatricksStreet #FatherMathew #Ireland #LEGO Well, I’ve recounted the first 26 of my 50+ First Dates. And I’m just wondering what am I doing wrong? As far as dating goes, what am I doing wrong? I never considered that I was doing anything wrong with regards […]

First Date #26 – How it’s going

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #KilkennyCastle #Ireland #LEGO FirstDate26 is pretty, quirky and nerdy. She is the first woman I’ve met that loves Star Wars even more than I do. If she was living in Kilkenny, or if I was living in Tucson, Arizona, my blog may have been over. […]

First Date #26 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #Parade #Ireland #LEGO First Date #26 was with an American Woman. She was here on holiday. I had recently heard about Bumble and was giving it a shot. She was my first Bumble match. We started chatting in the app, and she said that she […]

I Will Follow – Part 25

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #KieransStreet #KytelersInn #Ireland #LEGO Here are some amazing people to follow: Tweets by TheAlexNevil Tweets by EllaC2009 Tweets by noniceguys Tweets by Fulkery1 Tweets by AndyJokedAgain  

Would you shut up?

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tips #Profile #Profiles Honestly, I understand that faith in a higher power and belief in god is important to some people. However, faith is not important to me, and I would not necessarily be interested in dating somebody that has strong faith. That being said, I’m […]

Halfway to 50

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #SaintCanice #TheRealMe #Ireland #LEGO “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” – Here are some of those… From April 2018 to June 2019, I went on 25 First Dates.  Certainly not a record.  And I was trying to meet people in my new country.  Looking back, that’s […]

First Date #25 – How it went

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tipperary #Roscrea #WhiteHouse #Ireland #LEGO On our First Date, she confided in me that she was a Breast Cancer survivor. This was a bit of a trigger for me as my wife had passed away from Breast Cancer in 2017. Part of me wanted to love […]

First Date #25 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tipperary #Roscrea #WhiteHouse #Ireland #LEGO First Date #25 was with an Irish Woman. We matched on Tinder.  She lives in Limerick. Since I live nowhere near Limerick, we chatted for a while before we set up our date. Eventually, I hired a car, and we agreed […]

I Will Follow – Part 24

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Offaly #Birr #TheGreatTelescope #Ireland #LEGO Here are some amazing people to follow: Tweets by PomonaDez Tweets by StickPersonPoet Tweets by UKSingles247 Tweets by KinCbus Tweets by DBush1492

What do you like most?

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tips #Profile #Profiles James isn’t interested in matching with a hooker on a dating app. There’s a simple solution to that James – don’t swipe on hookers. James thinks that women want his dick – truth is, women think James IS a dick. James sucks. He […]

Any plans for the weekend?

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Offaly #Clonmacnoise #Ireland #LEGO Even though I spout my opinions on a blog about dating, I certainly don’t know everything about dating.  Case in point – my go to text to a person I want to date is, “Any plans for the weekend?” This was a […]

First Date #24 – How it went

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #KilkennyCastle #Ireland #LEGO As my parents were going to visit in a few days, I told First Date #24 that I would be busy for a couple of weeks but wanted to see her again when I was free. Admittedly, I didn’t message her during […]

First Date #24 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #KilkennyCastle #Ireland #LEGO First Date #24 was with an Irish Woman. We matched on Tinder.  She lives in Laois and works in Kilkenny. In fact, at the time of our first date, she worked at Kilkenny Castle.  So, we set up a meeting in the […]

I Will Follow – Part 23

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #California #ElSegundo #DockweilerBeach #USA #LEGO Here are some amazing people to follow: Tweets by Basic_Bumble_B Tweets by Annieeek45 Tweets by derekm444 Tweets by AlanLfc1968 Tweets by booksandwine76