( CNN ) -- Remember that old tune `` Friday , I 'm in Love '' ? Well , some daters are looking to make it a reality . `` I have found a wonderful weekend lover , '' reads a testimonial by `` Leah , 38 '' on the new dating website , parttimelove.co.uk . `` He asks for no more , and the times we spend together are magical . '' The site , launched in early January , is the brainchild of relationship author and blogger Helen Croydon . Its target demographic is people who want to be independent but also want to fall in love , she says . Some may wonder whether Part Time Love is simply the newest in a line of dating sites where users troll for one-night stands . But the site is n't just Tinder with a romantic sheen , if you believe its marketing spiel . `` We are not a no-strings website . We are for singles looking for regular partners with mutual attraction , genuine friendship , respect and a magical spark but whom have no expectations of moving in after three months and value their free time and independence , '' claims the site , which users must opt into via other , more established dating sites . Croydon asserts that a low-maintenance or part-time relationship is distinctively different than the eloquently named `` booty call , '' or the even more lucid `` casual encounter '' in that the goal is lasting love . Croydon admits it 's not for everyone . She envisions her demographic as users in their mid-to-late 30s and early 40s who are set in their ways and might find it difficult to adapt domestically to a new partner . `` They 're realistic on the fairytale , '' she says . In 2011 , writer Laura Tennant wrote a column `` We 're happily semi-detached '' in a British newspaper about her part-time cohabitation with boyfriend , Sean Walsh . She had just completed a difficult divorce -- `` are n't they all ? '' she joked in an e-mail with CNN -- and was n't sure she ever wanted to get married again . What she was sure of was that she and Walsh worked really well together as the relationship stood . They were `` living apart together , '' as she called it . Fast forward to 2014 , and now Tennant is engaged to marry Walsh . `` Over time , Sean and I have become more and more sure that we are each other 's soulmate and life partner , '' she says . `` And we have slowly but surely got to the point where we are ready to make the ultimate commitment to each other . '' But , that does n't mean they each wo n't have their alone time . The couple is planning for Walsh to have a pied-Ã -terre , but not in the Ernest Hemingway sense . `` As it is , it is totally workable , albeit somewhat unusual , '' she says . `` We are working out logistics at the moment , but I reckon we will live together and Sean will rent a work-live space nearby where he can write , sometimes sleep , and recharge his batteries . '' Croydon explores what she calls `` low-maintenance relationships '' in her new book `` Screw the Fairytale : A Modern Girl 's Guide to Sex and Love , '' in which she debunks the traditional ideal of the omnipresent partner . Croydon says she never wants to get married or have kids . ( She 's also quite familiar with unorthodox dating styles ; her first book , `` Sugar Daddy Diaries , '' was about her penchant for older men . ) `` You do n't have to see someone three to four nights a week to express love , '' she told CNN over the phone from London . `` In every other aspect of life , we 've gone for convenience , independence and where individualism is promoted , '' she says . `` Yet , you have this socially approved model of relationship that you live together . '' Croydon says for it to work , the partners ' emphasis is still on a genuine relationship , in that there is romance and sparks but `` without all the monotony and obligation of a full-time relationship . '' Jill Weber , a Virginia-based clinical psychologist and author of `` Having Sex , Wanting Intimacy : Why Women Settle for One-Sided Relationships '' says this particular style of dating can certainly feel empowering as it allows daters to compartmentalize the relationship . `` It protects you ; there 's less vulnerability , '' she says . Sooner or later , though , she says one or both partners might catch stronger feelings and want something more . `` Ultimately , what connects us with one another is being vulnerable , '' she asserts . On the opposite end of the spectrum , Weber says it 's also important for each partner to feel like they have their own life . `` You should feel safe and at ease in your relationship , '' she says , meaning that you are n't constantly worrying where your partner is and vice versa . If that 's not the case , a conversation about space is in order . Failing that , it might be time to re-evaluate the healthiness of the relationship . As for Croydon , she 's still single and ready to mingle part-time . Would you use a website to find a part-time lover ? Share your take in the comments section below .
A new dating site in the United Kingdom searches for ` ` part - time . '' ` ` They 're realistic on the fairytale , '' says the site 's one of its users . One psychologist says this type of dating reduces vulnerability .