Liz Jones's Diary: In which things get slightly X-rated - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Liz Jones Liz Jones’ s Diary In which things get slightly X-rated By You Magazine - May 23, 2021 I’ve got a text! I drove home after my first lunch with Cambridge Man. He hadn’t given me a peck on the cheek or a hug but had simply handed me three dog toys through my car window. As I drove off, I gave him a Duchess of Cambridge complete with face mask wave. Abbey Lossing I got home, waited for my review. And waited. Finally, he texted: ‘Hope you and the dogs had a nice drive back. It was lovely seeing you.’ Hmmm. Not quite the rave I was after. But I replied, ‘Thanks so much for lunch! I had a lovely time.’ Him: ‘So did I. You have a wonderful laugh and smile.’ Hmmm. So, does that mean I have Resting B**** Face? But I replied, ‘So do you!’ Him: ‘Thank you. When I first saw you, my heart jumped. [This is better.] Your smile makes you even more attractive.’ ‘Was super nervous!’ Him: ‘Even after a glass of champagne? I was too. Flustered driving three hours to a hot date and changing just before I got there.’ Now that was a revelation. That a man would change behind a beach towel in a car park before a date; I thought that was just me. I said he seemed cool and collected. Him: ‘It was easier because I knew you a little [via text, oh, and three million Google entries]. The dogs settled me. You have lived a life [that was all my antidotes*]! So interesting. And you have a massive heart. But also, so attractive. I wanted to kiss you. But I want you to get your Covid jab first.’ Hang on. This is a bit bossy. And forward. Then he typed: ‘I’d like to see you again. And this time you know I fancy you in person, not just from your photos. Though I didn’t get to do a complete up and down, as you sat down so quickly.’ I was in Bottega heels for the first time in over a year. What did he expect? When we left the restaurant, I gave him Gracie, the fastest collie, so she dragged him in front of me. I hate men who walk behind me. I find it passive-aggressive. Two days later, he sent this: ‘So, now you know I fancy you, are we arranging another date?’ Thing is, I don’t know much about him, other than that he lives near Cambridge, works in London, has a son at uni. No ex-wife, but he’s friendly with the mother of his son. Also friendly with his ex, whom he broke up with because she wants children. I asked. I had to. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m 51.’ Yikes. I’d thought as much. He likes Take That, after all. I replied nonchalantly, as though not worried in the slightest: ‘That’s a nice age. You’re a nice size, too. Not big and in the way like a lump, but not weedy.’ ‘No, I’m not a weed. Bit bigger than I was before lockdown.’ When I told Nic his age, she said, ‘That’s great. You don’t want an old man.’** The next day, a piece I’d written about a much-loved piece of clothing, half a century old, was published in the Daily Mail: a hacking jacket, bought when I was 11, and which is therefore as old as my New Potential Boyfriend. He texted to say he loved the photo. I now know he knows. But it doesn’t seem to have put him off as he then sent: ‘I am looking forward to kissing you. I wouldn’t normally think about it this much!’ I can think of little else… *Anecdotes. 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