Before forcing him or her down the aisle be sure you know what you're signing up for. And I don't mean, the dress, the slipper, the white picket fence and the rose tinted glasses. Remember you never hear about a bad marriage and then suddenly it's over.

Internet dating is the perfect place to create your second life allowing you to design your perfect profile leaving out all the baggage and rough edges.

If only I could transpant my wise old head on all those beautiful young shoulders, no girl would ever have to play "Love Me, Love Me Not" ever again.

My mother was a man magnet, she had recognisable sex appeal but as one of nine who'd escaped a Glaswegian tennament was not a romantic in the Disney princess sort of way. She introduced me to Bette Davis from an early age we'd watch afternoon classics like All About Eve and Another Man's Poison so I'd guess you'd say I had a greater understanding of villians and vixens than your average 5 year old.

When I speak to people who have been married or are married they have a very different view of marriage than people who have never tied the knot.