Joe

Joe was handsome and seemed nice, so when he was in my neighbourhood for work, I agreed to meet up with him. He had a hotel in the next town five miles away so got a taxi over. I’d eaten but the plan was to go to my local so he could have dinner. As …

Oz

I wasn’t sure about him at first. His Tinder profile constituted a few topless gym selfies. Always a turn-off. But wow, did the conversation flow from the get-go! We had so much in common, from work to interests to outlook on life. We moved to WhatsApp and it was the most free-flowing, easy, vibey conversation …

Jeff

Jeff had moved to Canada a few years ago and was home for a few weeks in Devon and said from the start that it could only be a casual thing while he was here. In addition to fancying each other, we connected because I too had lived in Canada some years back. I noticed …

Tom

Tom was one of the first guys I matched with after my divorce. We’d been chatting for a while on Tinder and then moved to WhatsApp to arrange a meet-up. He didn’t live too far away and I suggested we meet at my place one early evening, and take it from there, but I told …

Si

Si lived 250 miles away in central London but we matched just before Christmas when he was visited his cousins within my maximum distance limit on Tinder. We had nice normal conversation – and by nice and normal I mean he didn’t start talking about shagging me. He was verified so we switched to WhatsApp …

James

James was 34, British, but had been living in Sydney, Australia, working as a PT for the last 14 years. He was back in Devon for three months to catch up with his family, staying with his parents. He was straight up about his situation including how he was only looking for something casual, but …

Ant

I didn’t match with Ant. My friend did. He was around 32, us 42. She’d slept with him a few times and then told me they’d spoken about inviting another girl along and, ‘how did I feel about this?’ Why not! While I explained threesomes really weren’t my thing, as in, I’m 100 per cent …

Scott

While I was away for a few days renting an Airstream off Airbnb, I matched with Scott. He was in the military and based nine kilometres away. The Airstream was tucked away in a secluded and private corner of a farm and had its own hot tub. It was the perfect place to finish the …

Greg

The first time Greg came over, I made him dinner and then we had ‘amazing sex’ (to quote him), the second time we spent the day together, and it was nice in every way. When he messaged about coming over to see me for the third time, he said ‘I did tell you I’m in …

Jamie

We met two years ago and I still think about him and wish things had been different. He’s my favourite match in four years. Why? We just clicked from the moment we saw each other. We must have really similar personalities and sense of humour because we just vibed and it was totally easy being …