Sweet & Single in South: A blog to navigate single life
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Does dating advice re-enforce gender roles?
Before I start this, I should mention that I have some news. It’s big for me, because if you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that for the past year, I’ve been encouraging women to see the benefits of being single. I still stand by that; however, we all evolve, and my dating journey (a…
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“But you’d be a great mum…..”
Prior to starting this blog, my friends and family assumed that they had every right to comment on the fact that I was getting older and was so obviously far away from being a parent. Their intention was to ‘protect’ me, but ironically, they never asked whether it was something that I wanted, it was…
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Desperately Seeking Blow Jobs
You know what? I feel sorry for good, single men, I really do (yes, I believe they’re out there, somewhere, perhaps living under a bridge but they’re around). Good men are tarred with the same brush as those that explicitly list their sexual desires online as if they’re ordering a bespoke sex doll. When the…
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Hinge: Designed to be Deleted?
If you read a lot of my blogs and look at my Instagram page, it’s quite obvious that I’m not exactly the biggest fan of dating apps. I take the piss out of them A LOT, and take great pleasure in sharing some of the ridiculous profile’s we’ve all come across. However, I’m actively trying…
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Your fear of running out of time….
….is holding you back from dating and meeting the right person. Society won’t let us forget that there’s a timeline by which we need to achieve everything. Yes, OK, it’s becoming more flexible, and for our generation as a whole there’s a focus on achieving career goals before starting a family, especially for men anyway.…
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Be My Galentine
I’ve always experienced unexpected emotions around Valentine’s Day because I don’t know, its a funny one isn’t it?! In the build up to this week, I’ve seen so many people express their feelings about the day, and sometimes I think it’s like Christmas weaved with sprinklings of insecurity and not being enough, as well as…
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Babes, please show me your dicK
Said no woman EVER on a dating app or on Instagram. But, if that’s the case, why do so many of us have folders on our phones, of veiny, thumb-looking penises? Sometimes they’re not even hard. IMAGINE. Like the time I was chatting away to an artist on WhatsApp, thinking ‘yeah, this guy seems great’…
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ITS TIME TO SETTLE DOWN SIS
Ermm, I’m about to go on a rant, so I apologise in advance because my rants get quite ranty. But you know what? I have a real issue at the moment with the phrase ‘settle down’ and even more of an issue with the people who use it while giving unhelpful, unsolicited advice. The reason…
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Don’t take yourself too seriously
Picture this. You get on Hinge, you’re full of optimism about all the wonderful, charismatic, attractive people you’re about to meet, when suddenly, you stumble upon profile after profile of people (mostly men) stating that they’re ‘looking for someone who doesn’t take life OR themselves too seriously’ – Hmm how original, do you guys copy…
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Thank fuck for Dry JAn
On July 2nd, 2023, while experiencing one of the worst hangovers of my life, I promised myself that I would never get drunk again, and I meant it. Alcohol was starting to affect me in such awful ways. However, prior to that moment, I never thought I’d see the day where I’d be grateful for…
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