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To ask for your OLD disasters? [Edited by MNHQ]

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buddhasbelly · 16/01/2018 23:46

I had posted this on another thread but it made me laugh at the dire response someone gave me....

Oh and daily mail please F off as feel this might have DM written all over it - I had matched with a guy on my dating app, I sent him a msg to say he was wearing a great Christmas jumper in his profile pic. This was his response...

Anyone else got a terrible msg to make me feel that it's not just me! (I do have a date this weekend with someone who seems lovely!)

To ask for your OLD disasters? [Edited by MNHQ]
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buddhasbelly · 16/01/2018 23:52

I hope it's not just me!

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Plentyoffishnets · 16/01/2018 23:56

that is brilliant!😂
It's hard to know if it's the misogyny or the dullness which aces it!

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buddhasbelly · 16/01/2018 23:59

@Plentyoffishnets I tried to decide what offended me more and had settled on the misogyny but then yes, at what point did ironing become an exciting proposition?! Grin

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LemonysSnicket · 17/01/2018 00:03

Might want to ask MNHQ to amend the title to O.L.D as I read it as overdose and was Hmm

Weezol · 17/01/2018 00:04

What kind of freak irons a jumper?

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buddhasbelly · 17/01/2018 00:05

Oh good point Lemony! Apologies all Blush

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BettyBaggins · 17/01/2018 00:07

I read it as Over Draft!

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buddhasbelly · 17/01/2018 00:08

Have reported to MNHQ!

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shemakesmewaitonabedofnails · 17/01/2018 00:08

I read as overdose but you've just given me a giggle so all is forgiven. amazing. The fullness and the sexism in one. He sounds brilliant. Take one for the team and continue the convo please!!

TheSassyAssassin · 17/01/2018 00:10

I thought overdose too but hoped it was OLD related and v relieved it was! As for that message.... well he's a keeper isn't he? HmmGrin

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buddhasbelly · 17/01/2018 00:12

@shemakes sorry I blocked him! As much as I feel MN would have benefited from further exchanges I just didn't have the energy!

Apologies again for the title.

Does anyone else have a story? Please make me feel a little less alone Grin

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MirriVan · 17/01/2018 00:22

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MsMarple · 17/01/2018 00:26

Do you think he may have been joking?

FurCoatFurKnickers · 17/01/2018 00:31

It's obviously a play on 'it would look better on your bedroom floor'

I would take it as someone with a wry sense of humour rather than a misogynistic comment.

I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and possibly meet up. If he is, in fact, a sexist twat then you just pop to the toilet and never return.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

bluesu · 17/01/2018 00:39

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bluesu · 17/01/2018 00:40

Oh dear I left something identifying.... report report

Loveache · 17/01/2018 00:44

Went on an online date years ago with a man who turned up in a blue tartan suit with matching hat. He began to masturbate under the table in the coffee shop. I left. Got a string of texts calling me rude for leaving. Hmm

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buddhasbelly · 17/01/2018 00:44

MsMarple and Furcoat - yes he may well have been joking but for some reason the xx's at the end just made me think eurgh! Have a date this weekend which seems a bit more promising!

blue did you say you were not hiring for the long and foreseeable future? Grin

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buddhasbelly · 17/01/2018 00:45

loveache my guy seems tame now! Envyeurgh!

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FurCoatFurKnickers · 17/01/2018 00:49

Went on an online date years ago with a man who turned up in a blue tartan suit with matching hat.

Dear lord, how did he even have time to start spanking the monkey. I'd have got up and left the moment he sat down in front of me Shock

CheapSausagesAndSpam · 17/01/2018 00:53

Loveache you should have reported him to the police!

FurCoatFurKnickers · 17/01/2018 00:57

@CheapSausagesAndSpam - fashion police more like

(yes, I know that was predictable)

Loveache · 17/01/2018 01:00

It'll go in the autobiography one day... (and I date women now!)

TheSnorkMaidenReturns · 17/01/2018 01:11

What is OD? I don't understand the thread. What's the link with OLD?

Loveache · 17/01/2018 01:18

Online dating. Changed to OLD for OD can mean overdose.