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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  

Setting the bar low

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tips #Profile #Profiles Sophia has set the bar really low on what she wants to do this year. I mean, she’s on a fucking dating site – mission accomplished. Three cheers for Sophia.

The perfect gift

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #California #CityOfCommerce #CitadelOutlets #Coach #USA #LEGO When dating somebody, when should you bring them a gift? Do people give candy/flowers anymore? Do you give gifts for birthdays, holidays or just because? Do you avoid dating somebody around the holidays so you don’t have to give them […]

First Date #23 – How it went

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #DesignCentre #Ireland #LEGO As I started to say yesterday, what wasn’t forgivable was talking about her adult daughters non-stop for the entirety of our date. At some point, I got the feeling she was trying to set me up with one of them instead of […]

First Date #23 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #DesignCentre #Ireland #LEGO First Date #23 was with an Irish Woman living in Waterford. We matched on Tinder. We quickly set up a coffee/tea date in Kilkenny. She was about 20 minutes late, but since she was driving from somewhere in Waterford, that was forgivable. […]

I Will Follow – Part 22

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #California #LosAngeles #LAX #USA #LEGO Here are some amazing people to follow: Tweets by Sam1AmNot Tweets by CommuniKaren Tweets by FizzyBlue2 Tweets by WrestlingAl1 Tweets by BestDating24  

Just don’t

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Tips #Profile #Profiles Meet DonT or Don’t in my book. Don thinks it’s ok to come (literally) straight out and tell you what he wants. Some people admire a straightforward man. Tinder seems to drown in them. DonT is the reason women hate dating apps. This […]

Vacation – all I ever wanted

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #California #LosAngeles #LAX #USA #LEGO I just got back to Kilkenny after spending two amazing weeks in Southern California. It is really great to go on vacation. This was my first visit back to see my family in two-and-a-half years. While the trip was great, I […]