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214 replies

RealMousewives · 12/11/2022 20:41

I met a guy last night and there was a huge attraction- intense eye contact, lots of smiling and intimate looks.
There wasn't a chance to swap numbers - I can't go into why, but it was not appropriate.
He's a bit younger and I can see he has insta - should I DM him on there? I've never done this, I'm over 40 but he clearly uses inst. His profile is private but you can still message I believe.
Advice please??

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RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 13:48

NC12345665 · 14/11/2022 13:38

Eh? Of course you'd get different answers to different scenarios. Confused
This isn't the "gotcha" you think it is.

Except its the same scenario.

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NC12345665 · 14/11/2022 14:00

RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 13:48

Except its the same scenario.

The point is; don't fuck a teacher at your child's school. Get yourself on tinder. There's a million thirsty men on there you can have your pick of.

Derbee · 14/11/2022 15:08

RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 12:02

Been thinking about this thread and how it highlights another mn double standard.
if I'd posted that I was standing up and felt a sleazy man's eyes roaming all over me, back and forth between my eyes, then back over my figure again for a prolonged time - 2 mins plus - and I felt objectified..... nobody would have questioned he'd done that. As women we KNOW when it's happening to us ans we all have a story about it.

But because I liked it and shyly looked down before meeting his eyes a couple of times.... I'm probably mistaken. Definitely sad and desperate.

I accept it shouldn't go further, but really fascinated by this idea that no, you cannot enjoy the overt male gaze because its always unwelcome or it doesn't exist....

Just to be clear, I’d find you equally as disgusting if you were a dad “eyefucking” a teacher at your kid’s school, and wanting to follow her on Instagram because you wanted a quick shag.

No double standards. I think shitting on your own doorstep is ill judged

RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 15:35

Derbee · 14/11/2022 15:08

Just to be clear, I’d find you equally as disgusting if you were a dad “eyefucking” a teacher at your kid’s school, and wanting to follow her on Instagram because you wanted a quick shag.

No double standards. I think shitting on your own doorstep is ill judged

Reversing the gender roles wasn't the double standard I was pointing out.

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devilledhens · 14/11/2022 15:37

RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 15:35

Reversing the gender roles wasn't the double standard I was pointing out.

what was the double standard you were pointing out? Was it that a man leering over you is sleazy but because you’re a woman doing it you think it’s fine?

RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 15:45

devilledhens · 14/11/2022 15:37

what was the double standard you were pointing out? Was it that a man leering over you is sleazy but because you’re a woman doing it you think it’s fine?

He was doing it over me.
The double standard was if I'd said it was a guy and I DIDN'T LIKE it, nobody would have gaslighted me and said - well he probably just has big eyes, or I misinterpreted it because I was horny.
Women know when they are being checked out. Women mostly seem to hate it. On this occasion I loved it.
Cue the non belief....

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Ocampa · 14/11/2022 15:45

When will your youngest leave school? He might not dare as long as he has to work with your kids.

One of my friends is a teacher who isn't into relationships but does like sex. To protect himself he never had sex with a pupil or their parent until they had left school for at least over a year. He also kept all contact professional even when he was flirted with until then. I think that that is the way to go to prevent any problems.

devilledhens · 14/11/2022 15:49

RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 15:45

He was doing it over me.
The double standard was if I'd said it was a guy and I DIDN'T LIKE it, nobody would have gaslighted me and said - well he probably just has big eyes, or I misinterpreted it because I was horny.
Women know when they are being checked out. Women mostly seem to hate it. On this occasion I loved it.
Cue the non belief....

but most replies aren’t ‘I don’t believe you’, they’re ‘fuck me this is so cringey how could you think this is appropriate with a teacher at your child’s school’

beastlyslumber · 14/11/2022 15:55

It wasn't that most people didn't believe he was doing it, OP. Most people just thought it was grim and sleazy and even more gross when you revealed it was your kid's teacher.

RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 15:56

devilledhens · 14/11/2022 15:49

but most replies aren’t ‘I don’t believe you’, they’re ‘fuck me this is so cringey how could you think this is appropriate with a teacher at your child’s school’

To be fair I have heeded them.
The I don't believe you ones stuck out as particularly mumsnet x2

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OldFan · 14/11/2022 16:33

@RealMousewives Because no one on this earth has ever thought someone was into them when they weren't. (Actually it's really common, especially as you've said in your concurrent thread that you're horny as hell.)

xsquared · 14/11/2022 17:00

Eye fucking

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?????

Finding it hard to believe that this was written by a grown woman in her 40s tbh. I'm 43 if that makes a difference.

If this is genuine however, then absolutely no way should you be getting into that sort of relationship with a teacher at your child's school. Conflict of interest and all that.

Melonapplepear · 14/11/2022 17:04

RealMousewives · 14/11/2022 12:02

Been thinking about this thread and how it highlights another mn double standard.
if I'd posted that I was standing up and felt a sleazy man's eyes roaming all over me, back and forth between my eyes, then back over my figure again for a prolonged time - 2 mins plus - and I felt objectified..... nobody would have questioned he'd done that. As women we KNOW when it's happening to us ans we all have a story about it.

But because I liked it and shyly looked down before meeting his eyes a couple of times.... I'm probably mistaken. Definitely sad and desperate.

I accept it shouldn't go further, but really fascinated by this idea that no, you cannot enjoy the overt male gaze because its always unwelcome or it doesn't exist....

I don't deny it happened. We know when we mutually find someone attractive. It's the fact it's a teacher for me.

Melonapplepear · 14/11/2022 17:26

There's a younger teacher at my child's school who is always looking at me etc. He's probably around 23. I'm 32. I mean you can tell, completely ignore him, mind. A teacher is just so horribly inappropriate. Just imagine how awkward it would be if it all went wrong 😬😬

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