dramatispersonae.jpgla parisienne – young (24 yo is young in my world), tall, dark, insecure beautiful and Africa-based ex-Girlfriend, who’s Joy personified and now Friend. But as close to the Big L I’ve come so far in my search.

little officer - a fellow reserve officer and my best friend who recently got engaged with his ex-girlfriend. They’re really very happy and so am I.

Irish – female friend that really understands men and at 28 is having an ongoing life crisis, fearing that she’ll end up as an old lady with cats. It’s amazing she’s not taken.

Barbie – one of the most beautiful and sensual women I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. Intelligent, successful, fantastic body, shy in that cute attractive way. But we’ve until recently been out of sync but now she’s single again. Ta-daa!!

Da Gang – my social comfort zone since five years consisting of my good friends Musical Lawyer & Basque Princess, Assyrian Babe & DJ Armenian, BiertjeMan & Spanish Prosecutor, Tall Oz & London, The Laughing Tyrolean, and Mrs Tyrolean (who together have Little Tyrolean), Miss Gran Canaria and Social Sarajevo.

K – Blonde, professionally successful, cute and friendly, if slighly shy, Potential. Definitely an interesting person.

Hungry Hungarian – Pretty, fairly hot babe who’s not really a Potential (it being the word for someone with whom one could imagine making longer term plans with), mainly because she’s too young (am off 24 year-olds like Kate Moss’s off coke). She is sexy however, and few women are truly sexy (it being a synonym for confident and being give-a-shit-inclined). But she smokes and that’s a big no-no.

Marinsky – A powder keg of a little blond feisty Russian lady that truly blows everyone away. She’s intelligent, really pretty, funny, and can put it away better than most men. A gem.

Russian Cleavage – Ok this may seem male chauvinist or degrading but it is not. Russian Cleavage is a wonderful lady who likes to dress in a stylishly challenging way. She pulls it off with bravado. There’s no sluttiness about it and she’s not a bitch. Plus she’s a truly warm and wonderful individual.

Football player – A very good friend of mine who earns this nickname because he’s got the same name as a very famous footballer. But he’s a lawyer.

Selfish Engaged Bitch – Tall, pretty, engaged to a guy living in another country at the time she and I dated (for six months) and the first one to break my heart. She eventually got married after we broke up. And later divorced. Victory! (My apologies for the public display of schadenfreude).

Rubs – My office mate and friend. A settled late 20s friend, who’s married since a few years and became a father recently. Rubs, who is remarkably mature for his age, functions as a balance for my own rather extreme views on many things, including on dating.

Danish – A cute Danish girl who dances like a minx. She’s physically fit too, but sadly somewhat prejudged in her opinions. Then again, maybe I am as well thinking that about her lol.

Fast Lieutenant – This gentleman, little officer and I go a long time back. He’s a fellow reserve officer, a dashing business consultant and engaged to Lady M, getting married in 2007.

A Girl Called S – Cute, intelligent, but recently broken-up-with (by the same guy who she previously broke an engagement with…was his action, perish the thought, revenge?) and so fragile. Still a nice girl.

Gay Peruvian – A gay Peruvian who easily chats up girls but loses interest in them after ten minutes and then serves them to you on a silver platter. Fantastic.

A Girl with the Same Name as Me plus an A – Hot, fit, posh, blonde. Simply nice, but for some inexplicable reason not into me.

Big in Japan – My tall Japanese friend who’s a crossbreed between a legal intellectual and a BDSM Dom. Sounds freaky but he’s really nice. Really.

Sicilian – An Italian friend from Sicily, who all women just adore. And who’s engaged with a girlfriend of many years, but who doesn’t give a crap about it.