‘I had a crush on my sexy manager’: seven readers on their summers of love
A virtual lockdown date that blossomed, an encounter on a backpackers’ bus and a school trip to Spain – readers share their most memorable summer romances
My summer of love: ‘I went to Florida for Mickey Mouse – and ended up with the Makeout Man’
While my teenage friends were going wild in Faliraki, I was in a serious relationship. But at 21, I broke up with my boyfriend and flew to Disney World for romantic adventures
My summer of love: ‘Under the spell of ecstasy, strangers went straight to limitless intimacy’
We danced in water features, stupefied with drugs. And while my big crush was unrequited, the whole season was irresistible fun
My summer of love: ‘As a practising Muslim, my soulmate checklist didn’t include lapsed-Catholics covered in tattoos’
There was certainly chemistry between us on our first meeting. But when we met for our first date, he had a big surprise …
