Author: Mimi
Mimi
Mimi is 34 and based in Dublin, Ireland. Her hobbies do not include hurling and horse racing but she is working on that novel.
Dating apps are meant to bring people together. In reality, they mostly just bring me face-to-face with my own standards and a never-ending queue of men who all seem to think that holding a pint and declaring their love of “food” counts as a personality. So here they are: My top 7 instant-left-swipe pet peeves 1. The Group Photo Mystery Tour I didn’t download this app to play Guess Who, but here we are. Nothing like a blurry photo of four lads in rugby team jerseys sitting in a pub to get the heart racing. Which one are you? The…
Hi, I’m Mimi—34, female, living in Dublin. I date men, usually ones who can spell properly (low bar, I know) and ideally don’t still live with their mam. Like most of us, I can rattle off a list of what makes a dating profile a total disaster—bad mirror selfies, fish photos, or bios that just say “Ask me.” But when it comes to actually swiping right? That’s where it gets nuanced. What I consider a must-have in my Mr. Right is deeply personal and might be very different from what you find attractive, so consider this your gentle disclaimer: this…
I should’ve known something was off when I saw his name on Hinge—Victor (like the Tim Burton movie character). But I was 31, two years single, and fresh off a therapy breakthrough. In Dublin, where commitment-phobia had reached epidemic proportions, I was full of wild hope that this time I’d finally meet a guy who actually wanted more than a situationship. So I told myself, “What the heck, Mimi,” and swiped right—mostly because his first message didn’t make me want to gouge my eyes out. I’d put genuine effort into my profile—no heavily filtered photos that barely resembled me. No…