Dating

Today’s post is a guest blog piece by the lovely Maja, who previously wrote about some of the things that Dutch guys say to people from Poland. New Country New Dating Experiences Moving to a new country is like starting a new relationship. At first, everything is exciting, better than …

Dating Apps Users in Amsterdam the Top 20 Greetings my dear readers, I recently republished a rather controversial guest blog post called, ‘Living in Amsterdam is Killing the Woman in me’. As well as a heated discussion on the Shallow Man Facebook page, it led to this response. The Expat …

Dating the Dutch and the use of Tikkie Nothing says ‘romance’ more than receiving an unexpected Tikkie following a date or even the breakup of a relationship. In fact, it appears that using Tikkie, the smartphone app that allows the requesting of micropayments is so much a part of the …

Life With A Dutch Woman An expat reader wrote to me recently, “Shallow Man, I’m dating a Dutch woman at the moment. She’s suggested that we should live together to save money on taxes. At the moment things are fine, especially as with her busy schedule I only get to …

Culture Shock the tale of an Indian woman and her relationship with A Dutch guy One of the joys of being the Shallow Man is that I regularly receive messages from my readers about their experiences and encounters with the Dutch. Over the years many posts I’ve written about dating …

Speed dating tips As Tom Cruise once said, “I feel the need, the need for speed”. Yes, the Shallow Man is hosting another speed dating event this Friday hence this timely post with some essential speed dating tips. The things I do for my readers! The Speed Dating Event The …

Dutch Innovation New Dating App for Sexual Consent Who said that technology is killing romance? In a short space of time, we’ve gone from online dating sites, to apps where you can cut out most of the tedium associated with online dating and simply swipe right to choose the person …

Dating in the Netherlands How to Make It Happn Dear readers, please have your tissues ready as I’m about to tell you a sad story. Once upon a time, there was a lady by the name of Anouk. While waiting for a tram, she saw the man of her dreams, …

The Shallow Man recently provided his readers with a helpful guide on five differences between Dutch and Russian women. This lead to requests for a similar guide on the differences between Dutch and Russian men. As the stated purpose of my blog is to inform, educate, and entertain, of course I had no …

Think of the animosity between Tom and Jerry, Batman and the Joker, or even Beyonce and Kim Kardashian. The common factor here is that these individuals are polar opposites. Moron vs genius, vigilante vs evil, and talent and hard work vs lots of silicone and vacuous opportunism. Since moving to Amsterdam, …