Dating stories, Blind Date reviews, books, relationships, LGBTQ stuff and the terrifying awkwardness of being alive in the 21st century

I am obsessed by the Guardian’s incredible Blind Date column, which I pretend I loathe but obviously I love it.Aren’t you? Don’t you? Why ever not? Anyway, for reasons nobody can quite understand, I review the answers the participants give, and blog it for your delectation every Saturday morning, unless I’m having the day off, which is RARE.

3 days ago · This week’s lovestruck strangers are Holly, 42, an NHS service manager, and Johnny, 45, a product manager, both of whom look a little like PSHE teachers you would definitely feel comfortable coming out to – but they would probably make you do a chorus or two of ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ before the end of the little chat.

This week on Extreme Tinder: Clemmie, 27, a television writer, meets Joe, 28, a civil servant. Read the full account...

Who are you? I’m a freelance writer and author, and one of the things I do is write under the name of The Guyliner – which began on this very blog, back in June 2010. 2010, wow. God. Why do y…

Nov 2, 2024 · Will the first date of November give us something to remember? Only one way to find out. Ducking for apples this week are Alan, 33, a marketing manager and on the left, and Robert, 30, who is a doctor and, obviously, on the right.

Aug 25, 2024 · By the end of August the world usually feels sun-bleached and amiably tired, like we’re in a permanent state of waking up on a beach towel after a nap following a lunch of heavy carbs. Tan-li…

More about my Guardian Blind Date reviews below. To find out more about me, you should be here. What is Table Manners? Impeccable. I am obsessed by the Guardian’s incredible Blind Date column, which runs every Saturday in the Weekend magazine and sets up two hapless romantics with a fancy dinner and an awkward silence and hopes they’ll find love.I pretend I loathe it but obviously I love it.

May 4, 2024 · Today, Scott and Maria, who look like they’re working the reception of a halls of residence and are about to show your first-born to the charmless cell they’ll spend their first year stressing, frotting, and doing mushrooms in. Scott is a 26-year-old teacher and Maria is 30 and a freelance graphic designer.

Dating stories, Blind Date reviews, books, relationships, LGBTQ stuff and the terrifying awkwardness of being alive in the 21st century