The South Africa field journal

Dating in South Africa: make the next choice yours

A field journal for real plans, mutual intentions and account decisions. Choose the guide that matches the situation in front of you.

Find your next step

A good place to begin

After a good Cape Town first date, decide whether you want a second

Separate the pleasure of being liked from your own wish to spend another hour together.

Open the guide →

Nine useful guides

Where would a practical next step help?

Choose an article by the decision you need to make. Each guide has a practical prompt and its own source notes.

Dates & follow-through

From an invitation to the decision afterwards.

Your own pace

Relationships that leave room for two lives.

Apps & accounts

Separate product claims, privacy and payment.

What this edition offers

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