#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Dublin #Dublin2 #TempleBar #Ireland #3OlympiaTheatre #LEGO For the last ten years, I have been writing poetry that I like to call Stick Person Poetry. My dumb drawings and ridiculous rhymes have been entertaining dozens of people since 1 January, 2013. I initially started it as a […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #COVID #Kilkenny #MyHouse #LivingRoom #Ireland #LEGO EASTER MONDAY A male friend of FirstDate44 gave her a lift from Cahir to Kilkenny during a lockdown. That must be some friend. Though we had never met in person, there she was in my front room. It didn’t take […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #COVID-19 #ZOOM #Ireland #LEGO First Date #44 was with a Spanish woman living in Cahir, County Tipperary. We matched on Bumble. She didn’t speak English very well, and I didn’t speak Spanish very well. But each of us knew enough to start the conversation, and Google […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #CountyKilkenny #Kilkenny #KilkennyCastle #KilkennyCastlePark #Ireland #LEGO I know that people appreciate the longer posts, but there’s just no point in delaying the inevitable with this one – it didn’t work out. It was never going to work out. Honestly, I was desperate to meet ANYBODY during […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #CountyKilkenny #Kilkenny #KilkennyCastle #KilkennyParade #Ireland #LEGO First Date #43 was with an American woman living in County Kilkenny. We matched on Facebook. Who even knew Facebook was dipping their toe into the dating app pool? Well, this desperate widow did, and it was a mostly worthless […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Dublin #Dublin2 #DameStreet #Ireland #HitchhikersGuide #WhatDoYouGetIfYouMultiplySixByNine #LEGO Most every nerd of a certain age knows that “The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything” is 42. Here is an entry in Wikipedia for the number 42: The number 42 is, in The […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #Irishtown #Cakeface #Ireland #LEGO Every good nerd knows that 42 is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. And if I had been counting which number date this was at the time, I would have been very optimistic about my chances with FirstDate42. And […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #CountyWexford #WexfordTown #Wexford #WexfordHarbour #Ireland #LEGO First Date #42 was with a Brazilian woman living near New Ross, County Wexford. We matched on Bumble. I remember starting up the conversation with her while I was helping out at a Drive-In Bingo. There has been more Bingo […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #CountyWaterford #Dungarvan #GrattanSquare #Ireland #LEGO I had hired a car to give myself the ability to go on a few First Dates in early October 2020. This was a rare treat for a number of reasons – 1) Although I had been in Ireland for almost […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #CountyWaterford #Dungarvan #Tannery #Ireland #LEGO First Date #41 was with an Irish woman living in Dungarvan, County Waterford. We matched on Bumble. We texted back and forth for about a month before meeting. Oftentimes women want to get to know their match as well as possible […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tips #Profile #Profiles #Emoji #Emojis A woman who matched with me on Bumble sent one of their handy dandy conversation starter questions. This writing prompt asks a question, and the writer leaves a response. The reader can’t see your response until they answer the question too. […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #CountyWaterford #Dungarvan #Churriosity #Ireland #LEGO FirstDate40 was fairly well educated and was easy to speak with. She spoke about her daughters a lot, but not too much. We spoke about American politics which is always a favorite topic for Irish people. She definitely ticked a few […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #CountyWaterford #Dungarvan #MainStreet #Ireland #LEGO It had been 3 months since I had a first date, so I scheduled two on the same day! 😁 In fact, I had three dates scheduled in three days! It had been a disappointing summer. Obviously COVID had scuttled most […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #KilkennyCastle #DuckPond #Ireland #LEGO A couple weeks after our First Date, I received a package in the mail. It was a copy of The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The “Good Parts” Version by William Goldman. “The Princess […]
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Dublin #Dublin8 #IrishNationalWarMemorialGardens #Ireland #LEGO First Date #39 was with an Irish woman living in Dublin. We matched on Tinder. And then we matched on Bumble. That was back in 2019. She said that matching twice meant we should probably meet in person. I don’t know […]