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Do you get lots of attention from the opposite sex?

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bigmamaweekitty · 20/05/2022 18:24

I'm an ugly bug 😂 but I'm Just curious to know... do you get lots of attention from admirers? If so do you enjoy it? Do you play on it to get what you want? Does it 'annoy' you when you for some reason dont get the attention you're used too?

I often think it must be nice to have people rally round because they fancy you so if you're one of them please tell us all what it's like 😊

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CandyApplePie · 20/05/2022 18:33

No never

bigmamaweekitty · 20/05/2022 18:35

@CandyApplePie 😂😂😂 I'm hoping people reply to me and tell me their secrets lol

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letsflyaway1 · 20/05/2022 18:38

Yes I do, I use it to my advantage and I definitely enjoy it (think walking through City of London in a short skirt with heels and a tight top). If I go on dates the men remark that the whole restaurant is eyeing me up, and to be honest it's a bit of a turn on.
Disclaimer that I may be a bit misguided for enjoying this!

CandyApplePie · 20/05/2022 18:38

I use to till I get fat 🤣 it’s honestly shocking the difference I may as well be invisible now it’s not that bad though as it was kind of annoying but it’s weird being so invisible now

PleasantFucker · 20/05/2022 18:39

Depends if I'm wearing makeup or not. So I guess no then because without makeup I look like a cabbage😪😂

ohnohelp · 20/05/2022 18:40

I think I do. But have to say 80% of the time I don't enjoy it. (I'm married. Maybe that's why)

There are times when I like it, for example a couple of weeks ago I was in Pret getting a coffee and the guy said its free for pretty girls... I didn't argue lol

But hate it at my work place for example sometimes I feel that my bosses almost gave me there for the looks rather than what I bring to the company and I'm certainly not being treated by them the same way they treat the older female employees or males...

TheVillageBaker · 20/05/2022 18:43

I've only ever had one person of the opposite sex give me attention and that's my DH. As a teenager my friends would have boys fawning over them, but I was completely ignored. I remember being 16/17 and being so horny but no one wanted anything to do with me 😂

Notbeingbigheaded · 20/05/2022 18:43

I used to from my teens-late30’s.

I have always been incredibly shy so it just made me feel really awkward. Also having men just randomly walk up and chat to you is odd and uncomfortable eg if sat on a bench with a 15 min wait for a lift/bus after work age 22 & some guy, nice enough, starts chatting away then starts fishing for where you live, go out, work, if you’re single etc. Actually, as a school girl in a cafe having workmen wolf whistle when I walked in was creepy and uncomfortable too!

then there are the times when, emboldened by alcohol, you get blokes just coming up saying ‘God your gorgeous…beautiful’ etc etc. Great, but how about seeing that I’m kind, or telling me I’m funny, clever etc. it made me feel I had nothing else about me so, already being shy, it really damaged my confidence. Also the amount of times I’ve been groped just walking past men in pubs/clubs is horrible.

So, I turned heads but it made me uncomfortable. that said, it’s very true that you become invisible after a certain age. Whilst I used to feel uncomfortable walking into a room and seeing peoples heads turn because I was shy and didn’t want to be the centre of attention, I admit it’s actually pretty crushing to know you are now so old you interest no one!

Mammyloveswine · 20/05/2022 18:45

When I go out I do!

DriftGames · 20/05/2022 18:46

I do, lots on social media too, but I'm 'alternative' if you like. Dark hair, thick framed glasses, skinny jeans, vans/converse. Some men like that, others wouldn't even look at me. I'm 27, so I suspect in 10 years when my style changes, perhaps not so much.

Qwill · 20/05/2022 18:52

i didn’t used to mind out and about, it annoyed me a bit at work as I work in a very technical male-dominated industry and felt like I wasn’t being taken seriously sometimes, although conversely they would always do as I asked! After children, I feel like I’m only asked about that (at work), and do miss just being me, but I guess it’s normal as I’ve just come back. As I’ve got older, I don’t find it as annoying or as intimidating as I used to as I have a lot more confidence to tell people to bugger off! I think when you’re younger you feel more like you have to entertain men who give you attention, which I don’t know and it’s so much better.

VintageGibbon · 20/05/2022 18:57

CandyApplePie · 20/05/2022 18:38

I use to till I get fat 🤣 it’s honestly shocking the difference I may as well be invisible now it’s not that bad though as it was kind of annoying but it’s weird being so invisible now

Same. I did get a fair amount. Then it vanished when I got fat except for a weird couple of times. I notice now I've lost weight that men clock me again but I'm getting old so not that often any more!

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 20/05/2022 19:04

A man with a tattoo of a spider on his face winked at me in the supermarket the other day.

Try not to be too jealous.

Sunnytwobridges · 20/05/2022 19:09

Never. But i've never been attractive. Even when I was really young and fit.

AnyFucker · 20/05/2022 19:16

Not really. I have always been more “attractive” than pretty.

I have the sort of figure that women, not men, tend to admire (tall and slim with no curves)

I am also quite reserved with somewhat of a Resting Bitch Face ( not my description) so never attracted much male attention

If anything, I get more now in my 50’s, but from men at least 15-20 years older

Luckily, my DH still fancies me and that is all I need

Furrbabymama87 · 20/05/2022 19:19

Yeah I do. I did glamour modelling in my early 20s. Obviously I'm not as hot now in my mid 30s but I do still get looks and compliments.

Blue4YOU · 20/05/2022 19:35

Yeah. And I never liked it. I’m 47 now and it still happens. I equally haven’t a clue why - I’m definitely not the kind of woman I’d call pretty or hot or anything like that. I think I look weird. But I’m feisty so maybe it’s that

Ragged · 21/05/2022 00:23

Yeah... but lots of it is from men age 50-90, lol

OppsUpsSide · 21/05/2022 00:31

Sometimes, if I wear my hair down with a dress. Most of the time I bung my hair up and wear shit but comfy clothes and then I am invisible.

DramaAlpaca · 21/05/2022 00:40

No, and that's how I like it. I've never liked getting attention from random men, even when I was young, it makes me feel very uncomfortable. I've got my lovely DH of many years, who thinks I'm gorgeous and wonderful in his own quiet way, and that makes me happy.

Motheranddaughtertotwo · 21/05/2022 00:41

I do but I’m not particularly good looking, quite plain looking with a couple of “nice features” (not body). I’m cringing writing that but I don’t know how else to describe it. My teenager finds it embarrassing, my husband loves it and as someone who is naturally really shy, I find it a bit embarrassing. Im in my forties though. In my younger days I took all the free drinks and other shallow shit.

Firebird83 · 21/05/2022 01:03

I did when I was younger, before I had kids and got fat

EmmiJay · 21/05/2022 01:10

Its a nice boost. I have dimples which everybody, men and women alike, love to compliment. When its summer time and the men are in heat, THEN the attention gets uncomfortable as I have an ample bossom. I can't kill myself in polo necks in the heat, so I just give them evils until they turn away. The scary ones are the men who continue to stare, ignoring my obvious fire eyes😑

Marshallmathers3 · 21/05/2022 01:20

No way .. women love the attention and so they should it's a compliment ! 😊

PlasticineMeg · 21/05/2022 02:04

I used to? Since I got older, a bit rounder and more tired looking I get less attention. Which I am very thankful of - I hated the states and inappropriate comments I got as a young woman!