You all must be wondering what happened to Daisy’s Dating Diary?

Well, everyone loves a good love story, so listen up.

Do you remember when I mentioned seeing an old flame from 25 years ago on a dating app and swiping left to say hello?

That was about three to four months ago. When he didn’t match with me I got the huff and took down my profile. It was like my past was catching up with me and this dating game was getting all too hard.

But then one cold, horrible, inversion layer Saturday evening I gave it another shot. Reworked my profile and got back on the horse.

Well, lo and behold, there he was again. Surely this time he’ll at least be polite and match with me, even just to say a quick hello?

Jackpot! Yep he did. So why now and not four months ago I asked him?… Apparently he did match with me and even left me a big message but I had already left the site and completely missed it. Hmmm. Not sure if I totally believe that, but anyway, I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

So after chatting online for hours and hours (we had 25 years to catch up on remember), he agreed to drive from Dunedin on one of those horrible inversion layer days to take me out for lunch.

Green flag right there. Full points for effort. We spent the best part of the afternoon by the fire talking about old times, and all of the time in between. Married in the past? Nope. Any kids? Nope. No baggage is always a bonus. And the best part was that it felt like no time had passed at all, and we were able to carry on right where we left off.

He said it was like finding an old shoe behind the couch and slipping it back on. Old shoe? Okay I’ll take it, considering I’m no spring chicken.

So definitely still a connection after all of this time and definitely somebody I am excited about seeing. The only problem is we live in different towns and I have children. So I had to explain that while I had my life and he had his, we would have to find a way to create a ‘third’ world in the middle - while we were getting familiar with each other again.

So that’s where I am at right now. Which means no more dating diaries because that would hardly be fair would it?

Tune in next time when I reveal what happens next. Will we manage to make this new relationship work? I call him my recycled boyfriend, but not sure he’s liking that much.