I don’t miss being single – but I do miss first dates

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A first date is a front-row seat to another person’s redrafting of their own personal myth. We went on a first date, and a second, and a third, and then suddenly I wasn’t just peeking in his medicine cabinet, I was storing a multi-step skincare routine inside it. After a first or second date it is not just acceptable but practically inevitable for one person to say “let’s never see each other again”. To keep up to speed with all the latest opinions and comment, sign up to our free weekly Voices Dispatches newsletter by clicking here Two nights later I went on my second first date of the week, at that same bar.