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First Date #30 – How it went

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Carlow #CountyCarlow #Ireland #LEGO After the date, I walked her to her car. We had a very nice embrace. And as she drove away, I was already planning our next date. I didn’t want to wait to for Rugby World Cup as that was over a […]

First Date #30 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Carlow #LibertyTree #Ireland #LEGO First Date #30 was with an Irish woman living in Blessington, County Wicklow. We matched on Bumble. Blessington is a beautiful town, but it’s bit far away for somebody without a car. And it isn’t on a bus or train line either. […]

First Date #29 – How it’s going

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #KilfordArms #Ireland #LEGO I thought that the First Date went well enough, but I struggled to get another date set with her. That should have been a clue, but I stayed optimistic. Our mutual friends had a game night at their place, and we were […]

First Date #29 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #TheFigTree #Ireland #LEGO First Date #29 was with an Irish woman living in Kilkenny. I was introduced to her through a mutual friend. I reiterated on Monday that I’m not very good at instigating a date with people I know in real life. But I […]

What’s your game?

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #TheFrontRoom #Ireland #LEGO Do you play games with the people you date? And by games, I mean honest to goodness Board Games. One of the hobbies listed on my dating profile is Board Games. I love Board Games, and by that I mean I love […]

First Date #28 – How it’s going

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #FragolaCafe #Ireland #LEGO I’m not really sure this was our First Date, as I’m not really sure she ever meant it as a date. Part of me wants to believe that she was interested in me that way, but honestly, I never got any indication […]

First Date #28 – How it started

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #WatergateTheatre #Ireland #LEGO First Date #28 was with an Irish (Northern Irish to be specific) woman living in Kilkenny. We met while working together at the Watergate Theatre. As previously stated, I’m not very good at instigating a date with people I know in real […]

First Date #27 – How it went

#FirstDate #FirstDates #FirstDatesIRL #Dating #Kilkenny #McDonaghJunction #Ireland #LEGO I thought the date went well enough that a second date was gonna happen. I texted her in the Tinder app my desire to see her again, and crickets. It’s not often I’m oblivious to the fact that somebody was not interested […]

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 […]