DEAR DEIDRE: EIGHT months ago, I landed my dream job and moved to London. I thought it would be wonderful but I am very lonely.
I am a girl of 23. I felt unfulfilled living at home with my parents in a village. They love me but I needed to move out.
I like my job but I work long hours. I have made only one friend and I have been single for a year now.
I find it hard to meet a decent guy.
Men online always turn the conversation into something sexual straight away, which I do not want.
I would like to find someone who is in it for the long term.
DEIDRE SAYS: Well done on getting your dream job but looking online is not always the best way to find long-term love.
Good relationships often grow out of friendship, so you are far more likely to find a man who is right for you by building up an active and wide-ranging social life.
My e-leaflet Widening Your Social Life had lots of ideas.
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