My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. If you need help urgently or expert advice, please see our domestic violence webguide and/or relationships webguide. Many Mumsnetters experiencing domestic abuse have found this thread helpful: Listen up, everybody

Relationships

Should I ask him up here?

494 replies

sourdrawers · 17/05/2015 12:06

Look I know it's Sunday and the sun is shining.. But pleease I need some encouragement . I posted my story on 'what's the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you?' thread yesterday and feel it's time to look wider for help.

Cutting long story short - bloke I fancy lives in garden flat below me. Pretty sure he's single, another neighbour reckons so too. Me, hung washing out on my balcony (mostly undies), windy day, they all flew off and landed in his garden downstairs. I plucked up the nerve to go down there ask him if I could get them, he agreed very nicely offered to help. I refused it and sprinted through his place, to garden, picked, (I thought), all my washing up and was leaving hurriedly, managed to catch bra strap in door handle, they all fell on his floor and I banged head on his living room door. I gathered up all items again and ran home burning with embarrassment.

Day later, knock on door, I answered in old jogging bottoms, filthy old vest, and cat shit, litter tray shovel in my hand. It was him, with a pair of my huge, grey baggies in his hand. He gave them (lovely smile) to me, and made a witty remark. Told me his name and that he's a plumber etc.. I, through half-opened front door , snatched nix off him, in tears of embarrassment. He left saying if he found anymore he'd bring them back..

Anyhow couple of days on and I'm calm and looking incredibly gorgeous, his car is downstairs and I have leaking tap. Should I ask him up here???? If so, how?? WTF do I say??

OP posts:
Theoldcauliflower · 17/05/2015 12:18

Yes yes do it! Wink

PaulaJane37 · 17/05/2015 12:26

Yes do it!! And post back what's happens IMMEDIATELY!!!!!

yougotafriend · 17/05/2015 12:26

Haha, that's just the sort of situation I find myself in all the time....

Definitely ask him to take a look at your "plumbing" Wink

sourdrawers · 17/05/2015 12:32

But, he's seen my worse pants. What should I say FGS. Knock knock, he answers and............

OP posts:
Vivacia · 17/05/2015 12:39

YES!

sourdrawers · 17/05/2015 12:39

Come on, before he goes out!!!

OP posts:
Trebushay · 17/05/2015 12:39

Perfect excuse it might leak into his flat so he NEEDS to help Wink

Ask him what have you got to lose (you've lost your pants once anyway haha)

Make him a cup of tea when he's finished and take his number so you can text him if it happens In the middle of the night BlushBlush

sourdrawers · 17/05/2015 12:40

YES?? I can't just say that!

OP posts:
sourdrawers · 17/05/2015 12:41

Fuck, great idea Trebush. That's it, it's in his interests. Fuck it. I'm applying lip gloss now and going down there...

He can only tell me to piss off and use a fishing rod next windy washing day.. I'll be back

OP posts:
sourdrawers · 17/05/2015 12:42

sorry for bad language

OP posts:
sourdrawers · 17/05/2015 12:49

He's getting his tools and coming up...

OP posts:
HappyGoLuckyGirl · 17/05/2015 13:03

This is brilliant. It's like a bloody novel. Or the start of a really bad porn movie Grin

Report back immediately with details on what happens!

Buttercup27 · 17/05/2015 13:11

This is better than any romcom! I wonder if he'll have any diet Pepsi or is that a bit 90s

AnnaWebb · 17/05/2015 13:13

Drip, drip, drip..........

ScrambledEggAndToast · 17/05/2015 13:15

Amazing. If i would have been inventing plumbing emergencies long before now if I were you.

"Oh, but I'm sure that tap was leaking before you came up" Wink
"What, you mean I have to turn it off??!! Silly me. Now shall we have a cup of tea/wine/jump into bed Wink

OneDayWhenIGrowUp · 17/05/2015 13:17

Hope he's putting his tools to good use OP Wink

thecheekofthem · 17/05/2015 13:24

Be classy if he decines payment say you'll have to cook him dinner as a thank you

Findingme40 · 17/05/2015 14:16

Oh, this is so lovely and entertaining. Good luck.

letscookbreakfast · 17/05/2015 14:29

Good luck OP!

AccordingtoMe · 17/05/2015 14:30

Well, its been a while since the last post, busy OP?

BitOutOfPractice · 17/05/2015 14:34

Ah, I have fond memories of a plumber in my single days. He would often pop round and adjust my gaskets

So OP, does he have impressive tools?

Twinklestein · 17/05/2015 14:36

Perhaps they're discussing ballcocks...

Don’t want to miss threads like this?

Weekly

Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

Four125 · 17/05/2015 14:37

Marking place.
Shamelessly living vicariously through OP.

WestEast · 17/05/2015 14:39

Maybe he had to get his wrench out?

TheVeryHungryPreggo · 17/05/2015 14:42

Sure hope nothing throws a spanner in the works. That would drive me round the u-bend.

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.