Category: The Struggle

No hitting, no biting, no name-calling! It wasn’t that long ago that our mothers tried to mould us to be upstanding, non-assholic adults. Yet for some reason even the most basic lessons we learned as children fly out the window when it comes to online dating. So here’s a...

Munich, Germany  Maybe it’s me, but since I moved to Munich (a city with the reputation of being the loneliest one in Germany) second dates seem to be a rare and miraculous occurrence.  And since these events are such a rarity, when they go wrong it really stings. Sadly,...

Munich, Germany There is a lot of misrepresentation in modern swipe-dating these days. Talk to enough users about their top ten worst dates, and at least one will involve a case of gross misrepresentation. Luckily, I haven’t experienced this very often myself, or maybe I’m just getting better at...

Munich, Germany After living in six countries, and dating in nearly forty others, I’ve started to consider myself a bit of a dating guru. I’ve seen it all, and shared some of the more extreme cases over the years with all of you.  Although my stories are often tragically...

Singapore Why is dating and the on-going struggle to find love relevant to travel? I’m glad you asked. You see, life is full of stereotypes, and well one stereotype that proves to be true again and again is that 80% of expats are expats because they don’t fit in...