Sometimes we try our hardest to make things work, sometimes we get our feelings hurt in the middle but work it out. And sometimes things arrive to a full stop. What a wonderful friendship it could have been if it hadn’t ended. But it did. There aren’t enough words to make justice to the wonderful moments we had together, the laughs and adventures. I only know that I will miss him, cherish every moment we spent together and forever consider him a friend. I wish him the best. I

First date: lockdown has many downsides but I must admit that thanks to it I had a pretty fun and genuinely innocent first date. We met online on a dating app. He seemed interesting so we decided to meet in person. Due to the lockdown we decided to meet outside at the park and walk. In my hometown the new lockdown restrictions were that at 6pm you had to be home. So, we met up at 4pm. He was late and I was annoyed. I was so close to cancelling but for some random reason I did

The universe has a weird way of working. The last post I wrote that I had realized I was more of a Monica instead of a Rachel and that I wanted to meet my Chandler. Surprise future me: you will meet a Chandler, but a fake one. Get ready for a three week rollercoaster love story. We met on an app, because why not? He asked me what I was doing, I said drinking a coffee. He said I want some. I said come here. All in good fun when suddenly he said: I could go. You could come, I s

One day I was bored, as it happens when in lockdown. I decided to go on Tinder, to have some fun, talk to people, when suddenly, I met someone. He was this tall brown eye man with a lesbian ex who he had a boy with. The ex wife actually left him because she realized she was a lesbian and fell in love with a woman. In other words, I met Ross. #FriendsAddict He was funny and the conversation was fluent, finally a guy I could have fun conversations with! We moved on to whatsapp.

He lived in a different city, so the plan was to get to know each other while I showed him my city. Let’s rewind a bit. His name was Mat and we met through an app. However, it wasn’t the typical “app situation” because we didn’t spend days and days talking. We talked the first day and went straight to whatsapp. There was something about him... The second day we spent the whole afternoon talking on the phone. He was so interesting! He had lived 10 years with tribes in India! T

I have a friend, called Hannah, who has a very good friend called Mathew. Hanna and Matt are very good friends, they spend a lot of time together. He helped her move into her new house, they see each other at least once a week, they message each other every single day… you get the idea. We all think something is going on, but they say they are just friends. The other day a group of us met for dinner. Hannah and Matt came as well. We had a lot of fun and ate really good food.

As time goes by you get to know the real person and realize that all the qualities you gave to them are or are not true. With Mellow, that is what happened. At first I thought he was ideal for “friends with benefit” type of thing, then I had a moment where I thought he was boyfriend material. And as I got to know him more, I realized what an amazing person he is, but he is not the one for me. That is not because he did something wrong, no, not at all. I got to see his true s

“We need to talk” he said while rolling a cigarette. But what I was expecting did not happen. Half of me thought he was going to say this is the end of our friends with benefit thing. The other half of me was hoping he was going to say he was enjoying spending time with me. I was probably daydreaming way too much on that second one. But oh well, none of that happened, well actually all of that happened. “I love spending time with you but I am currently going through some stuf

I had been seeing this guy for a few weeks now. His nickname is Melo (read as “mellow”) which I find to be the perfect nickname for him. He is laid back, low key and super sweet! We had gone through a lovely rollercoaster in those weeks. He seemed like a good person, that is why when he asked me at one am to go to the middle of nowhere with him I said: let’s go! And we went. Ok, let’s rewind a bit. Tinder, Oh tinder. My profile is made up of two photos and what would be consi

I’m just going to say it. Not going to pee around the bush. Calling me pretty is not a compliment. I know some people say it with the best intentions. My grandma says it with the best intentions. However here is why I don’t take it as a compliment: I was born like this. This is my hair, these are my eyes, this is my nose and this is my mouth. I didn’t get to choose it and I didn’t do anything to have this face. Those thinking: “oh you are so full of yourself!” You can back of

Today’s post is brought to you by my two dear friends: Anna and Lucy! A few days ago we decided to meet, as we do weekly, to have a coffee. Online of course because #Lockdown. We chatted about our lives, politics, the economy and as well, men. So, basically we talked about all the things that were driving us insane at the moment. At one moment Anna told us she wanted to tell us something that had happened to her. We listened in silence. It seemed serious. We were obviously go

Are men too slow or am I too anxious? Dear people: I know we are on quarantine and you can’t go on an actual date with the person you fancy, but come on! Get creative. Get on first gear and let’s rock and roll! Share memes, talk on the phone, organize an online date. Don’t let that girl/guy slip by because you are too squared and can’t think of any idea on how to go on a date with her/him. So for today’s Trying Tuesday I am making (or trying to make) a guide on ways you can i

When you meet someone, discovering them is part of the charm of a new flame. However, I’ve been in the dating world for some time and sometimes, sometimes, I wish the guy I was talking to already knew all my defects. Why? You may ask. So we avoid the conversation: “You don’t like ice-cream?!”. I am 31, I have a lot of things to improve but I am not going to change for anyone because it took me a long time (and a lot of money in therapy) to finally love myself with all my shit

Today is Thursday! And I am posting Trying Tuesday because #PandemicTimesMeanCrazyTimes. I am trying different things for a week and then writing about it, some of the articles are coming together and I am loving the experiences and how much I am learning. However, something happened to me, unexpectedly, and it made me think about life. As I have mentioned earlier I have been on Tinder for a couple of weeks now. It has been a little over a week or so since I met a guy. He ins

I am tired but happy. Why? Because I slept one hour and a half. Let’s rewind to a few days ago. As I mentioned in previous posts, I’ve been on Tinder for a couple of weeks now. In these couple of weeks you always have some people with whom you match but talk once in a blue moon. They text you one day, three days later you reply and so on. It is not that you are not interested, it’s just how it flows, slowly but surely. I had been talking to a guy for a while now that way, ver

The world is going through horrible times, everyone please stay at home, let’s all be responsible and together we can fight this! Today is Trying Tuesday so what can we talk about today? Well the idea, as last week, was to post an article about Trying Cold Showers, which was a very interesting experience. However, in this last week some interesting things have been happening in the Tinder world, so let’s focus on that! One would suppose that given the situation Tinder would d

A while back I wrote a post wondering if a guy I knew was emotionally unavailable or an asshole. I thought these two were valid options given the situation I was living in, but it never occurred to me that you can actually be both, as I found out now. For last week’s Trying Tuesday I went on three dates on Tinder. You can read the article here. The last date went really well but then the pandemic happened. Obligatory quarantine, time to stay at home and be responsible. One wo

I’ve been single for a while now. I am not complaining, been loving it, had time to study and work a lot. My friends believe I am a workaholic so one day they convinced me to download Tinder in the spirit of Trying Tuesday. What is Trying Tuesday you may ask? Well every week I will try a different thing, makes life interesting plus I can share it with you all! So on today’s Trying Tuesday, I tried Tinder. I hadn’t decided to go on three dates only for this article, but after

W went back to his ex. Shocking? Not really. Annoying? Probably. Before going into what I feel about all of this, let’s recap the story. If you are wondering who W is, I recommend reading some of the posts about him, such as: “Emotionally unavailable or asshole?” and “Needy or strong?” He had been with his girlfriend for 8 years, that is a long time, at least according to my standards (I can’t pass the three year threshold but #GoingOffTopic). Eight years, that is a lot and o

My friend Anna used to have an accountant who worked very well at first but then the relationship went south. Anna is a person who likes to talk things through, but sadly with this accountant she felt she had to let her go. She felt bad because the account was doing her job badly due to some personal issues, but as I said to Anna: she shouldn’t mix personal with professional life. You can’t wait for weeks for an email reply from your accountant. Anna finally let her go and fo