Ask Audrey: 'I'm frightening men off with my unbridled lust, should I tone it down?'

Sorting out Cork people for ages

Ask Audrey has been sorting Cork people out for ages.

HELLO, it’s Rosealeen, here in Ballydesmond. The phone rings yesterday and who was it, but Berna, telling me about a new dating site for middle-aged people living in rural Ireland: It’s called Freckles. She joined up and was inundated with photos from lads called Jeremiah — there were one or two mickeys, but it was mainly a satellite photo of their farm on Google Maps. Anyway, didn’t I join up last night and not five minutes later, I got a message from Rockin’ Billy, asking me if I’d like to accompany him to a hotel for the few days. I said, ‘Hang on now, is this a dirty weekend?’, and he said, ‘No,’ and I said, ‘Well, I’m not going so,’ and he said, ‘I thought we could start out with a friendship’ and I said, ‘I’ve friends coming out my ears, Rockin’ Billy, I need someone to tie me to a bed and order room service.’ Well, didn’t he block me after that, like some kind of parish priest. I might be frightening men off with my unbridled lust. Do you think I should tone it down a bit and say that I am looking for friendship?

— Rosealeen, Ballydesmond