Ask someone who is single about their dating life, and the answer might sound like Oliver singing “Where is love?”

According to the headlines, nobody knows how to flirt , dating is dead , sex is over , and so is love .

But happy couples do exist – and are meeting each other all the time. We asked Guardian readers to share their stories of falling in love this year.

‘I called him to say I was having a heart attack’

Ollie, 64, from Yorkshire, arrived in Chiang Mai for a cycling holiday in November last year. He got a Bumble notification from Elizabeth, 55, an American living in Thailand. “We messaged a lot and she asked me to ask her on a date so I suggested sushi,” Ollie says.

“She told me on the day that she was ill and couldn’t come. I thought, ‘just swipe left if you want

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