Date 88

"To tease, torment and tantalise."

My second date in Brighton and my second date using good old Tinder.

I've said it before, but Tinder is really odd. I don't understand why, when I get a match and message someone, the vast majority of the time they never reply. Why have they swiped right in the first place? It can hardly be the cut of my jib either as most people don't even have any text on their profiles: just pictures; so it's not as if there's much to go on.

With this person we messaged for a while and the chat wasn't that earth-shattering, but the novelty of someone actually replying to me kept things going even when she took a week to respond. I was quite surprised when she asked me for a drink as I didn't think she was that bothered so I really didn't have any expectations. As it turned out though, she was lovely and we got on really well.

We had about 4 or 5 drinks and I found her great company. She had some great such stories such as a wine bar nearby an ex used to take her to that was allegedly run and owned by a male porn star. I haven't been able to locate it yet, but I'm still trying.

It also turned out to be her first internet date, which became obvious to me when she actually asked me at the end of the night whether I'd like to go on another date! I'm not used to this honesty and lack of game playing so I automatically said I'd love to. And thus we parted ways and I felt very positive as she wanted to see me again, right?

I texted her the next day and asked if she was free at the weekend. She replied and said no but didn't say when she'd next be free. I didn't hear from her for a week so texted her again and asked whether she fancied another drink the following weekend. She never responded, so I left it because I clearly misread what she meant when she said she wanted to go on another date...

Date 87

"Why is the last mile the hardest mile?"

This was my first experience of dipping my toe into the Brighton dating ocean and not much happened really.

I went back onto Guardian Soulmates as I presumed that it would provide a rich seam of the cream of Brighton female residents, but I've clearly been spoilt by London all these years as they haven't got many members on there. One girl did really catch my eye though and thankfully she replied to me and we went out on a date.

Luckily I'd found a really cool pub a couple of weeks before so we met there. She was extremely attractive and I found her very engaging and good company. We stayed for a few hours and got quite drunk and I thought we'd had a good night.

Sadly this didn't prove to be the case in her eyes though as I when I contacted her the next day to ask about a second date, she made it very clear that she didn't want to go on another one with me. One good thing did come out of this though as she'd just completed the Brighton Half Marathon and this really did inspire me as I'm now going to be running in it in February 2015. So, wish me luck as I'm going to need it...