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As a Brit living in a foreign city I often get potential dates telling me “ooh you are English, you must be quite the gentleman.”I’ve never actually considered myself to…
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I was on what felt like a great first date the other day when I had a strange feeling it wasn’t going to work out.This was nothing to do with…
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Ladies faking their orgasms might have a long and distinguished history in the arts in such films as When Harry Met Sally.It’s much harder to find any reference to male…
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You know those needy dating profiles: “I’m fun, friendly, caring, positive and my friends say I’m absolutely wonderful even if I’m a bit crazy. Believe me, I’m a great catch!!!!”?…
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A few months ago I had a brief romance with a friend I’m going to call “the squirrel”.The romance was brief because she was on holiday in my city and…
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Let’s be honest here: dating at any age is full of uncertainty and lies and people aren’t always telling the thruth about whether they are really into you or not….
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I was worried that post-lockdown dating would be weird and depressing and it was starting to look like I was right.I was on a date. My date was determined to…
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The other day I was stopped in the lobby of my apartment block by my female neighbor.She had gone gym crazy and wanted to tell me about it. Could I…
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Does losing weight really make you sexier? It was a question that I asked myself when a previous date who hadn’t fancied me suddenly reappeared when she saw I’d lost some weight.
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Every survey on sexual fantasies ever carried out ranks it as one of the world’s favourite kinks but masochism is often a truth that dare not speak its name.It’s not…
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Hi. This is Max from the Mating Maze, a site which aims to help people with the mad, often frustrating, sometimes wonderful, world of dating aged 40 or over. I’ve been in and out of this this world myself for a few years now. What I’m trying to do here is share some of my experiences and the things I’ve learnt and find out what other people think. Keep reading…
