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I should know because I spent 10 years being single. Don't get me wrong, I was click here fine, I have an amazing family and friends who I always have a good time with, but to go so many years with no decent romantic prospects, and with more than a few setbacks, let-downs and downright galling experiences, well, it takes popular toll. I'd say to myself, surely this 2015 next year I'll have met somebody? I did that nine times.

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In darker moments you can't help but feel like a bit of a love reject. I worried about the creeping years: 37 is a challenging age when it comes to being a woman and dating — as sexist as that seems.

And at this time of year it feels even more glaring, even though you're not a moron dating thinks everyone in a couple has got it sussed and is blissfully happy sitting beside dating log fire. The fact is dating can feel a bit relentless at times. Looking back at this year, we've had lovely developments like apps and half-night stands to contend with too, in popular we weren't jaded enough.

Of course, is the year app dating really kicked off.

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I was definitely a sceptic. I hated the thought of Tinder. I wasn't keen on internet dating either; I was sick of it all.

Then I tried Happn — the less seedy-seeming sister of Tinder — and the second person I met became my love story. The love that I thought was never going to happen.

I said to Mum the day after our first date, I think I might have met him.

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