<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713014</id><updated>2011-04-22T07:39:50.923+12:00</updated><title type='text'>Single aspirations</title><subtitle type='html'>Thoughts and observations on dating and single life in 2006. Enjoy the rambles!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Trixy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01737730118044635062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7750/2690/1600/Putiputi%20ataahua.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713014.post-114768441619041986</id><published>2006-05-15T20:07:00.000+12:00</published><updated>2006-05-15T21:17:27.293+12:00</updated><title type='text'>The next guy</title><summary type='text'>Well well well. It gets better and better ... and then back down to earth.   Went out on a date with this guy who had been chasing me down for a bit (we had been talking for over a month but I had been preoccupied with another "potential" at the time). So finally got together with him for lunch. It went really well. Conversation was good, he was pretty hot, a gentleman (opening doors etc) and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/feeds/114768441619041986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25713014&amp;postID=114768441619041986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114768441619041986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114768441619041986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/05/next-guy.html' title='The next guy'/><author><name>Trixy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01737730118044635062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7750/2690/1600/Putiputi%20ataahua.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713014.post-114605875963444764</id><published>2006-04-27T01:25:00.000+12:00</published><updated>2006-05-01T14:29:50.903+12:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a dating frenzy!</title><summary type='text'>Well, in the last week and a half  I have been on three dates - two of them with the same person.I had been chatting with both guys for about a month or so and we thought it was a good amount of time to finally meet up. So I'm going to share my experiences of these dates so far. To save on reading time, I'll devote a post to each date (or person), starting with date number one!The first one asked</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/feeds/114605875963444764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25713014&amp;postID=114605875963444764' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114605875963444764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114605875963444764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/04/its-dating-frenzy.html' title='It&apos;s a dating frenzy!'/><author><name>Trixy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01737730118044635062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7750/2690/1600/Putiputi%20ataahua.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713014.post-114524866815315923</id><published>2006-04-17T15:47:00.000+12:00</published><updated>2006-04-21T00:01:30.716+12:00</updated><title type='text'>Single benefits...</title><summary type='text'>It occurred to me that I have spent a fair chunk of  the last few years of my life planning. Planning for the future.  I had been madly scrambling towards the future, absorbing my free nights and days in planning for what was to come."Isn't this a good thing?" I asked myself.Well, of course there's nothing wrong with setting,  researching and working towards goals. But it was like I was setting a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/feeds/114524866815315923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25713014&amp;postID=114524866815315923' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114524866815315923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114524866815315923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/04/single-benefits.html' title='Single benefits...'/><author><name>Trixy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01737730118044635062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7750/2690/1600/Putiputi%20ataahua.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713014.post-114511607365344057</id><published>2006-04-16T03:32:00.000+12:00</published><updated>2006-04-17T13:56:59.800+12:00</updated><title type='text'>mull it over....</title><summary type='text'>We are all different and have reasons for taking either the scenic route, or the motorway to the same end.It's just difficult reaching that destination, together, at the same time,while on different highways... </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/feeds/114511607365344057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25713014&amp;postID=114511607365344057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114511607365344057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114511607365344057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/04/mull-it-over.html' title='mull it over....'/><author><name>Trixy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01737730118044635062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7750/2690/1600/Putiputi%20ataahua.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713014.post-114474295968034857</id><published>2006-04-11T20:08:00.000+12:00</published><updated>2006-04-17T19:37:22.840+12:00</updated><title type='text'>Dilemmas of the dating scene...</title><summary type='text'>One of the dilemmas or flaws of internet dating is the idea that you can and should see a few people at the same time. Well, for some anyway... A few people I have spoken to online have communicated their unease with having to share their potential mate with other dates.The courting way of NZ has pretty much always been a one on one affair up until this point. Of course we have our share of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/feeds/114474295968034857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25713014&amp;postID=114474295968034857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114474295968034857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114474295968034857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/04/dilemmas-of-dating-scene.html' title='Dilemmas of the dating scene...'/><author><name>Trixy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01737730118044635062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7750/2690/1600/Putiputi%20ataahua.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713014.post-114466433642650056</id><published>2006-04-10T21:58:00.000+12:00</published><updated>2006-04-17T19:40:13.343+12:00</updated><title type='text'>The internet dating begins...</title><summary type='text'>Well well... internet dating eh. Yeah, I tried it - or should I say - I'm still trying it.The following are just a few random thoughts, ideas and feelings I have on the internet dating side of things so far. They may or may not make sense. And they are indeed random. It would take too much to go into every experience I have had so far, but I'm sure several will rear their heads in future posts. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/feeds/114466433642650056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25713014&amp;postID=114466433642650056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114466433642650056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114466433642650056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/04/internet-dating-begins.html' title='The internet dating begins...'/><author><name>Trixy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01737730118044635062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7750/2690/1600/Putiputi%20ataahua.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713014.post-114458327974169438</id><published>2006-04-09T21:54:00.000+12:00</published><updated>2006-04-17T19:30:07.943+12:00</updated><title type='text'>Where to start...</title><summary type='text'>Well, here I am - single again at the ripe age of 25, after three and half years of settling into what I like to call "couplehood".You forget what life is like as a single woman after settling into couplehood. I forgot what it was like to not know when my next cuddle, kiss or sexual experience was going to be (not that I had a timetable in my previous relationship but these things were all a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/feeds/114458327974169438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25713014&amp;postID=114458327974169438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114458327974169438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25713014/posts/default/114458327974169438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://singleaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/04/where-to-start.html' title='Where to start...'/><author><name>Trixy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01737730118044635062</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7750/2690/1600/Putiputi%20ataahua.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
