Adventures in Online Dating

When A Man Calls You A Big Mac: Adventures in Online Dating

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What do you say to a man who compares you to a Big Mac? Diving into the online dating world is not for the faint of heart, especially in your 40s. Feel free to follow or subscribe for stories of laughter, learning, and, of course, Big Macs. datingat40.substack.com

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Adventures in Online Dating

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Episode Four: Love Is A Scam(mer) 08.04.2026 18:15

Blog Post: https://substack.com/home/post/p-170806444 Stay safe! Find resources below for your country and check with local law enforcement for more ways to protect yourself. ClickFit: Romance Scams | Australian Federal Police . 6 Feb. 2026, https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/feature/clickfit-romance-scams . Government of Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Relationship and Romance . 31 Jan. 20...

Episode Three: Mr. Collins, I Presume 07.03.2026 19:48

Show Notes Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice . With Christina Lupton and James Kinsley, 3rd ed, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2020. Oxford World’s Classics Ser. Ford, Susan Allen. “Mr. Collins Interrupted: Reading Fordyce’s Sermons with Pride and Prejudice.” The Jane Austen Society of North America , 2013, https://jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol34no1/ford.html? hooks, bell. All About Lo...

Episode Two: The Full Meal Deal 07.01.2026 17:58

Blog Post: https://datingat40.substack.com/p/episode-two-the-full-big-mac-meal Show Notes Victims of the École Polytechnique Massacre (https://shorturl.at/j3PBv) Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Tu...

Episode One: Down the Rabbit Hole 06.12.2025 16:05

Resources and works consulted for this episode: Han, Xiaoting, and Chenjun Yin. “Mapping the Manosphere. Categorization of Reactionary Masculinity Discourses in Digital Environment.” Feminist Media Studies , vol. 23, no. 5, 2023, pp. 1923–40, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2021.1998185. Lorde, Audre. “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master’s House.” Sister Outsider: Essays and Speech...