LOVE, IN THEORY

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Romy’s startled when her mum warns her that, at 24, she is the prime age to start dating “the one” – or she might miss the boat altogether. The maths, she says, is very clear. Romy hasn’t had time to think about love or dating much but decides maybe it’s time to be smarter about her decisions. It turns out, there is a surprising amount of theory about. And, she acknowledges, trusting her instincts hasn’t worked so well for her in the past. In the spirit of science, Romy enters the dating world, using each misstep to take her deeper into the theory of love and dating. And then she meets Hans. He meets all her criteria – but she knows that even if she doesn’t love him yet, it’s only a matter of time. Around her, her girlfriends are finding their own paths through the love and marriage maze, and always in the background is her friend James – exactly the kind of alluring bad boy she knows she has to avoid. It’s fun, but a bit slow.

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VERDICT: Love and dating 101