2ND TIME AROUND, MEETING PARTNERS

[topmum]

For those of you who have children from a 1st marriage how did you meet your current DP/DH - I am 41 with 2 boys 3 and 6. All my friends are married and not all husbands are keen to let their wives out with a "divorcee", am not into the "cattle market" scene that goes on in bars and are crap at flirting, so how did you meet yours? Reading this I sound really desperate, am not, just curious how you met your new partners.

[dmo]

my friend is in the same boat she has just turned 40 and has a dd who is 3
she met her current partner (of now 3 weeks) on a works night out they just startrd to chat swopped numbers and then went their separate ways with friends, he then phoned her a couple of days later
to date her dd has not met partner but dd's dad and partner have met, she is planning to introduce them with a trip out somewhere

[julezboo]

I met my dp on the internet, we chatted for a while through a mutual friend on msn and fell in love quickly ) luckily though he turned out not to be a freak of the net but a lovely man and there are lots out there honey. I didnt use dating sites so cant offer advice on any of these but im sure someone will be along shortly with more advice/info x

[babywhiting]

I'm a mum of 2 and met my new dp on the internet through dating site. we now live together have a 3 month old son and my 2 kids love him to death.
there is hope for us all !!!! good luck but be careful there are some weirdos about!!!!

[TambaTheDragonSlayer]

Strangly enough, since I became single a few months ago ive never seemed so appealing to the oppostite sex! Have been asked out more times in the last few months than ever before!

Probably because I have more confidence now or something

[Rookiemum]

met dh through dating direct, although no previous hubby or kids. I would say internet is good because people know your situation in advance so you won't meet any time wasters.

[Earlybird]

for those of you who met dp/dh through internet - it's great that you can be upfront about your situation and thus avoid timewasters....but did you encounter people who were less than honest themselves? Any creeps? Even though I've had a fantastic internet experience via Mumsnet, for some reason I'm convinced that dating sites are populated by weirdies!

Will keep an eye on this thread topmum, as I too am curious about where/how people with children meet potential new partners.

[babywhiting]

yeah had some real weirdos mail me i was 28 then and had a 55 year old guy want to marry me straight away had no piccie of me and i told him to start with he was too old.

[Rookiemum]

Yes some weirdos emailed me but I am extremely pedantic about grammar ( not that you would have guessed it from any of my posts, this was pre baby of course) and I weeded anyone out who used text spelling or couldn't communicate properly. I also didn't respond to anybody who didn't have a photo - yes shallow and judgemental I know but my feelings are that the married and truly dodgy are less likely to show their face.

I would try to avoid anyone who wants to spend weeks emailing & phoning you before meeting. They usually pull out from meeting up or turn out to be totally different from their on line or phone persona.

I would also arrange to meet for lunch or a drink, that way if they are not your cup of tea then you haven't wasted much time.

Give it a whirl, it is not expensive and if it doesn't work out try something else. Good luck.

[julezboo]

Of course you get the weird ones, I had one bloke email me 30 - 40 times a day, I changed my email address after a week! I was speaking to my now dp on msn and the phone for 6 months before i finally got up the courage to meet, never looked back we met last July, he moved 200 miles to be with me in oct, now 5 months preg and I moved back the 200 miles with him a few weeks ago, of course we have our ups and downs, who doesnt - its been a bit of a whirlwind tbh, dec i fell pregnant and before this beanie stuck we had to get through 3 mc's together which was hard but imo brought us closer, been living together a year next month though and I love him more than ever

[MistressMiggins]

Ive been seeing this guy since for couple of months but been MSN for about 4 or 5....was worried he might be a weirdo but hes lovely....very attentive and caring - asks after my kids daily - more than their own father does....I found him on a dating site - had put my details on but didnt pay so could receive / send emails - was testing the water but not actively looking - BUT he somehow managed to have this email address on his pic & I emailed him!!
glad I did

[divastrop]

i met my dp on a wap chat site that id been going on for ages.i was a single mum at the time and i wasnt looking for a relationship-certainly not on there as id met a few weirdos in my time-but we started chatting and found out we lived in the same town so he popped round for a coffee,and we just hit it off.