Oh for goodness sake. I have a crush on the builder

[Keyra]

I’m such a cliche - middle aged sahm crushing on the builder. I need strategies to look busy and keep out of the way.

I'm too old to kiss anyone in the snow! Only centrally heated settings from here on in.

Have just spent nearly an hour talking to cg. A lot of it was extension/kitchen related, there was some rehashing of his brush with death this morning, some harsh comments on the non-appearance of tp (and get this - if he doesn't show soon, cg is going to see if another plasterer he uses is free - and this one is even tinier . Is petiteness a common trait in plasterers?).

However there was also quite a lot of flirting going on. The time is approaching for a "I like you but ..." talk I think. Although strangely, his almost-dive from my new roof today has made me look at him in a slightly different light. Still sticking to the "doing nothing" approach though.

Wow there is so much going on! CB noticing and thinking about your every move. CG practically hurling himself off the roof to get your attention.
What do you want to happen?

Right now Quantum - nothing. I don't think. I need to keep a sensible head on (and sensible doesn't come naturally to me!)

I wasn't really looking for any entanglements, serious or otherwise, before the builders took over my home and most of my waking thoughts! The old hormones have been given a massive bit of a stir now but I have to wait until all work is done to avoid any possible complications.

Can anyone link me to the thread with the gardener where they ended up together? If I can't have it myself I'll have to substitute reading about it! I have looked but I couldn't find it

@chilledteacher might as well walked round naked..

Haha

CG had me at Are you missing us? as his w/e text. Genius. To me he sounds quite lovely. And he does actual conversation. And he almost died for your extension. I think you need to kiss him. Also, I had a boyfriend with missing front teeth. Bit gummy...

hand clapping

I think you will have to tell him tomorrow that you are not nervous of him but you felt a little flustered

I got into work to find an email apologising for not asking what I was doing over the weekend (it was sent Friday afternoon) I had to stop myself doing a jig around the office. Few emails sent back and forth then nothing think I bored him with my wittering on

I’m so giddy I could even eat my lunch

{I'm too old to kiss anyone in the snow! Only centrally heated settings from here on in.}
Obviously true romance is dead, call it off!!

Try searching 'Geg'. Green Eyed Gardener.

HA!! We are just in the early stages of planning an extension. I have been dragging my feet somewhat because it’s boring and expensive and I don’t like making decisions...but I am MUCH more up for the whole thing if I get a cast of moderately attractive tradesmen popping their teeth in and out and hurling themselves off roofs to entertain me. And a teeny, weeny little plasterer to pop out at night and cheerfully plaster about a foot of wall, singing Elton John.

You could ask the TP to double up and be your Elf on the Shelf.

🤣

A rose between two thorns, Keyra? CB will come in tomorrow morning seductively jiggling his teeth...with CG shoving him out of the way...

I honestly want this as a feature-length film now. With loose of tiny plasterers for comic relief.

*lots of tiny plasterers! Although loose tiny plasterers could change the theme of the film in interesting, ehm, cinnamon directions?

This is one of my favourite threads ever and my guilty pleasure at the end of the day to read!

Where’s your fighting spirit gone Keyra?!

I luffs this thread. I've got builders in too with various dental challenges but there's no chance of anything other than coffee being stirred. Our plasterer isn't tiny either

😂 @ elf on the shelf

I'm going to say something that probably won't be popular.

Him asking 'why do you do that?' and pointing out that you were clapping isn't actually very nice of him. He made you feel embarrassed and bad and that was the obvious outcome of saying something like that.

The gardener thread was by nocapes I think.

I agree with dogwoof that on the face of it, CB asking 'why do you do that' doesn't seem very nice. But I'm going to be generous to him and assume he did it out of not thinking or in a teasing tone, rather than to embarrass Keyra. In the early days of courtship, my now husband asked me 'is that how you always eat salad' when I was nervously folding each leaf in two and stuffing it into my mouth!

Did you hear that keyra?? mimosaics HUSBAND!

To be fair, I was on a first date and it started raining. I'd spent ages doing my hair so asked that we hurry up a bit and put my coat over my head.

He said 'are you made of sugar?' Never forgiven that one or let him forget it but I did marry him eventually.

Any update for us op?
< avoids chores and important stuff that needs to get done whilst waiting for updates from our heroine >

Oh it's been a day of two halves :(

Positives: Bit more interaction with cb, and both cb and cg being supportive and helpful

Negatives: My neighbours hate me (slight exaggeration. I hope!)

Tp: no

Started off well, all very jovial in the kitchen this morning. Somehow the subject of whistling came up and I asked cb if he could do the finger-in-mouth whistling thing (I mentioned days ago that I've always wanted to be able to do this and I once spent weeks trying to teach myself). He can! And he did! (Teeth in by the way). Gave me a little tutorial (still can't do it though, obviously need more tuition).

But my lovely neighbours collared cg earlier to complain about the extension - I'm not being sarcastic when I call them lovely, we've always got on well. I was on my way out and cb was stood at the end of the drive. I made a remark in passing about cg abandoning him, and he said "he's talking to your neighbour, he's complaining". I was really surprised and a bit upset, cb was being very "it's your property, your land, your money" etc so nice and supportive.

I had to go out then and cg rang me later to say he'd been round to the neighbours to see how it impacted on their light etc. He's also double checked with the architect - all has been done properly and I haven't done anything wrong but I hate bad feeling :( I have accommodated them quite a lot in the past and there's always been a lot of "you're such a good neighbour", "we're so lucky we have you" etc.

Feeling stressed :(