This column first appeared in Wanted Magazine on 2nd November 2018 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE. PREFERABLY ALIVE. – by Paige Nick Am I high end? I don’t lick the knife, I flew business class that one time, and I know how to use that weird cutlery for snails. But I have also been known to…
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Lab-grown Date Night
This column first appeared here, in The Sunday Times on 1 July 2018: TINDER BECOMES UNHINGED By Paige Nick I once dated a guy who only had one real-life friend in the whole wide world. That should have been the first sign that something wasn’t quite right with him. There were other glow-in-the-dark red flags…
Super Trumps Dating Game
This column first appeared here, in the Sunday Times on 10th June 2018. Here it is in its uncut form: SUPER TRUMPS DATING – By Paige Nick Dating online is many double-barrelled things; eye-opening, soul-destroying, time-sucking, and utterly hilariously-ludicrous. But the one thing it never is, is dull. I was recently swapping war stories with…
Undateable – Conch
This column first appeared in Sunday Times on 1 May 2016 CONCH – MAY 2016 – By Paige Nick UNDATEABLE I don’t know when the majority of men in South Africa mutated and became undateable. I don’t recall any reports of leaks at the nuclear plant, but then I’ve been known to skip a newspaper…
Come in for a quickie
Here’s yesterday’s Sunday Times Conch. It’s about modern dating techniques. Oy Vey. THE CONCH – AUGUST 2015 HOOK UP CULTURE – By Paige Nick We’re living in a quick hook-up culture. When I first started dating online ten years ago, you had to fill in a four-page questionnaire, including your likes (long walks on the…
Newly dating (uncut)
Morning pimps and hoes. Here you goes, yesterday’s Sunday Times Column. And even better, much like your date last Friday night, it’s the uncut version. DE-JA SINGLE – By Paige Nick All fashions come around again, just look at crop tops and high-waisted pants. Wait long enough and eventually you’ll find yourself back in it….
Smell you later
Morning all you daters and non-daters. Here’s yesterday’s Sunday Times column, come on and give it a good sniff. Have a great week. A MILLION MILES FROM NORMAL – By Paige Nick SMELL YOU LATER My single friends are all on Tinder now. Forget the latest hot meat-market club, supermarket or gym as pick up…