#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Dublin #Dublin8 #TempleBar #Ireland #QueenOfTarts #LEGO I started messaging her on WhatsApp to see if there was any interest. She replied, “I don’t think I am the right one.” But she did say that friendship was on the table. And it might have been, but COVID-19 […]
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First Date #36 – How it started
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Dublin #Dublin8 #TempleBar #QueenOfTarts #Ireland #LEGO First Date #36 was with an Israeli woman living in Dublin. We matched on Bumble. Extending the match is a feature on Bumble. Normally, the woman has 24 hours to message after the match, and then the man has 24 […]
First Date #35 – How it went
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Cork #RebelCounty #BarBarossa #Ireland #LEGO In the days following our mid-day makeout, I was sent pix of cleavage and nipples! 😮🤩 Now that would normally get an immediate second date, but her location (Kerry) and my schedule (prior plans and flight back to the US for […]
First Date #35 – How it started
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Cork #RebelCounty #TheRavenBar #Ireland #LEGO First Date #35 was with an Irish woman living in Kerry. We matched on Bumble. She is a writer/editor and works at a university. To get to know each other, she showed me a picture of her black pussy, and I […]
Do you believe in polyamory?
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Cork #RebelCounty #RiverLee #Ireland #Polyamory #Poly #LEGO I was asked that by FirstDate34. I should have taken it as a hint that I was never going to be her one and only. Honestly, it’s a weird question to be asked. Of course I believe in it […]
First Date #34 – How it went
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Dublin #Dublin2 #BordGáisEnergyTheatre #BookOfMormon #LEGO A Tale of Two New Year’s Eves New Year’s Eve 2019 – It was the best of times. By the time NYE2019 came around, we had already had a sleepover or three. We had planned to spend the evening at my […]
First Date #34 – How it started
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Dublin #Dublin2 #GeorgeStreet #Yamamori #LEGO First Date #34 was with an Irish woman living in Dublin. We matched on Bumble. Despite the fact that we matched on Friday the 13th and a Full Moon, I felt that she was gonna be the lucky one for me. […]
First Date #33 – How it went
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #JohnStreet #TheFrontRoom #Ireland #LEGO And we did see each other again. There was a meetup at a local burger joint. She brought a friend with her, so the two of them chatted with each other quite a bit. The point of meetups was to meet […]
First Date #33 – How it started
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #MarketYard #YardCafe #Ireland #LEGO First Date #33 was with an Irish woman living in Kilkenny. We matched on Tinder. She had just moved from County Laois and was settling into her new home and life here. Part of that life was finding somebody to spend […]
Which dating app works best for you?
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Cork #RebelCounty #FatherMathewStatue #Ireland #LEGO #OKCupid #CrazyBlindDate #PlentyOfFish #Match #EHarmony #Tinder #Bumble #Hinge My first experience with internet dating happened 15 years ago when my first wife and I split. I didn’t jump into dating immediately, but when I did, I set up an OKCupid profile […]
First Date #32 – How it went
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Cork #RebelCounty #Waterstones #Ireland #LEGO We covered a lot of ground on that first date – music, sports and a whole lot of politics. We saw eye-to-eye on almost everything, though her desire to “Feel the Bern” made her even more of a crazy left-wing nut […]
First Date #32 – How it started
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Cork #RebelCounty #VictorianQuarter #Ireland #LEGO First Date #32 was with an American woman living in Cork. We matched on Bumble. She was attending University College Cork (UCC) as part of the Fulbright Program. She has a Masters from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, is a […]
First Date #31 – How it went
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #BirrCastle #TheGreatTelescope #CountyOffaly #Ireland #LEGO So, FirstDate31 visited me in Kilkenny the following weekend. We enjoyed the early autumn colors as we strolled around the castle. We then went back to my place, so I could introduce her to Brownie and Linc. We kissed some more, […]
First Date #31 – How it started
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Portlaoise #CountyLaois #Ireland #LEGO First Date #31 was with a Russian woman living in Mountmellick, County Laois. We matched on Tinder. This was well before the current conflict in Ukraine. And even still, Russian people don’t equal Russia. So while I’m not a fan of Russia, […]
I dare ya!
#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #TalbotsTower #Ireland #LEGO When it comes to impressing women, I will be more daring than if I was just with the fellas. Women have talked me into jumping fences late at night, going on fast and/or high rides at the carnival, tasting weird smelling/looking food, […]