Hi there – my name’s Will. To give you a bit of background – I’m 26, I’m single and I still live at home with my parents. That means I need to resort to ‘alternative’ methods to meet women.

This quest led me to the path of well-known dating website Match.com, which is where my journey begins.

On Match.com I proved to be as forgettable as the average south-west London bar I find myself in most weekends. Which made it all the more surprising when a good-looking woman ‘winked’ at me.

Obviously we are not talking about a real wink – that probably would have caused me to split my trousers – I mean the button on someone’s profile you press when you decide you’re too lazy or incomprehensible to write an actual message.

As you can imagine, I followed up this wink with a message – something like “Hey – I like your profile. How’s things? Will x”. Not going to win any pick-up line awards but it does the job….sometimes.

I was understandably delighted to receive a reply from the hot woman just a few minutes later. She replied saying she was fine and then proceeded to explain that her account (which you have to pay for) was due to expire in 2 days and could I give her my email so we could talk on there. I was confused but, considering I will hand out my email to pretty much anyone for any reason, I agreed.

What I received in my email inbox that date would spark a month-long correspondence.

I hope you enjoy the ride. Will x