Ref. 70617 Claire McKerron and Stuart WigginsMY CAREERS advisor at school never told me there was a job where you could chat people up and get paid for it.

Singles Night at Asda's West Swindon branch proved him wrong, as I searched the aisles for love, along with the other customers.

We were given a ribbon as we set off on our love quest.

White was for the attached and red for the available. Purple was for the undecided.

But if somebody doesn't know whether they're attached or not, they'd hardly make a good life-time partner. They might not know whether they'd left the gas on or where your children were.

Joe Marsiglia, 51, is from Baltimore in the USA. He reassured me that he hadn't travelled all that way just for Asda's singles night.

He said: "I've been married for 21 years but I don't want to ruin it now, so I've got a white ribbon."

Joe tried to introduce me to a friend of his who had a red bow, but the friend saw me coming and disappeared up the frozen chicken aisle.

I approached a blonde woman by the frozen peas. "Excuse me, I'm from the Evening ."

Claire McKerron, 24, and Stuart Wiggins, 36, from West Swindon, didn't need any ribbons.

They've been together for six years.

Stuart said: "We got engaged two years ago on Valentine's Day. Maybe we'll get a date set for the wedding soon."

Just as I was leaving, in the medicine aisle, by the paracetamol, I found somebody who was prepared to talk about being single in Swindon.

But one thing she was not prepared to talk about was her name. The 49-year old said: "I came out of a long-term relationship two years ago and the chance of meeting anyone in the clubs is virtually nil.

"I work long hours and I don't know where somebody of my age would go to meet people in Swindon. I think this singles night is a brilliant idea."

Anyone else who thinks it might be a brilliant idea can go along to Asda's second Singles Night at Orbital Park tonight between 7 pm and 9 pm, undisturbed by the Adver's reporters.

David Andrew