Archive for August, 2010
Late Trains, Poor Service
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Dear English Gentleman,
I got into a huge argument with my boyfriend the other day because we agreed to meet for dinner at 7 p.m. He lives 45 minutes away on the train, and he offered to meet me outside the restaurant at that time. Now, you must know that the train station [...]
Shaken and Unstirred
Friday, August 13th, 2010Dear English Gentleman,
There’s this girl who is a waitress at the same restaurant where I’m a bartender and I think she has a crush on me. She keeps sending me text messages on the phone, chatting with me at the bar, and “bumping” into me in the parking lot, apparently “by coincidence”. [...]
Thank you!
Thursday, August 12th, 2010A big thank you to those readers and contributors who nominated An English Gentleman for the Cosmopolitan UK Blog Awards 2010. How very exciting it is to be shortlisted.
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…you will find us under Sex and Relationships. Please vote for An English Gentleman and let’s bring some elegance to the world!
Thank [...]
All Laddered Up
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Dear English Gentleman,
There’s this woman in my PhD program that I like. She’s in my same research group and we often spend a lot of time together outside the lab, sharing lunches with the other PhD students or going to some university talk or event or whatever, so we’ve become good friends.
The problem? I’m afraid [...]
The T Series, Part 1: Afternoon Tea
Sunday, August 8th, 2010In the first part of our Tea Series, our English Gentleman describes the consummate English tradition of Afternoon Tea.
‘The mere chink of cups and saucers tunes the mind to happy repose.’ George Gissing (The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft)
The time for afternoon tea is 4 o’clock. Never earlier, but possibly later if it morphs into [...]
A Little Night-time Composition
Thursday, August 5th, 2010Dear English Gentleman,
Lately to spice things up in the bedroom I’ve been trying lots of new things (positions, toys, etc). When I brought this up to my girlfriend initially she seemed really enthusiastic, but just a couple of days into it I notice that she’s been a bit distant and doesn’t seem to want to “play” [...]
Announcing: The T Series
Monday, August 2nd, 2010We are pleased to announce some exciting new features on An English Gentleman. Our new series of articles in the “Being English” category highlights some of the most quintessentially English customs and traditions. Stay tuned for the first of our “traditions” series: The T Series, explaining everything you wanted to know about that consummate English tradition: the art [...]
