So who was I to judge James’s dating techniques? Cyber dating had worked for our friend Todd. He had met his current partner Will online. They had spent months getting to know each other first via emails and text messages and then over long phone conversations. Will was based in London and Todd was in Sydney. After months of speaking on the phone up to six times a day, they decided to meet in person in when Will flew to Sydney.

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After our weekly bread run and without any sightings of the cute UTE boys, Mark and I met up with David for a mid week catch up inPaddington. There is nothing better than a creamy hot chocolate on a cold winter night….well there is something better…a creamy hot chocolate with a hunky Scando man. David had been seeing Steve, a Swedish boy for a few weeks. Steve seemed perfect: caring, honest, cute and he liked to cook. It sounded like Steve was very smitten with David….but David was not sure Mr Perfect was so perfect.

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Having built a strong emotional and intellectual relationship made their physical meeting work. Who says that you cannot love someone without meeting? Maybe their relationship will outlive most conventional offline relationships as theirs is based not on the physical but the emotional connection. I know it would not have worked if they were not attracted to each other, there has to be a basic attraction but their relationship has a balance. So James and Bradley have not set a date to meet yet. They are both getting to know each other and building that emotional connection. Time will only tell if that will transfer into a physical connection.

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We somehow got talking about expectations…and perfect potential partners....sometimes we bitch about there not being any datable guys out there..but when we do find someone nice enough…we think they are too simple? or boring? In a world full of imperfections, why are we always looking for the perfect guy? Are our expectations too unrealistic? Why are we so afraid of settling for an imperfect man? Maybe it is all of those Hollywood chick flicks…you know the ones where the prince charming comes at the end of the movie and carries the girl into the perfect sunset and they live happily ever after. I am very good at seeing my own falts and realising that I am far from perfect. But when I think of a potential boyfriend or partner, do I seek perfection? Am I rulling out a lot of great guys purely on my unrealistc expectations?

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Two blond Germans? Threesome Deutsche style? Was this my fantasy? Did I die and go to heaven...hmmm maybe not….it was just a typical Sunday night…in backpacker friendly Sydney. I caught up with my Deutsche friend Chris and his visiting fellow country man Thomas for a night of drinks at the Tilbury. I had not seen Chris in about six months…about the length of time his last relationship lasted. You see Chris was one of those fair-weather single friends. You know..the ones you loose the minute they get into a relationship. I only heard from Chris when he had recently broken up with a man and when he was single and looking for a new man. I was kindda his rebound relationship…there to pick up the pieces.

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