How far did you go to get your man?

[Bireadwhatiread]

Casual acquaintance has lost 20lbs, got fake tan, veneers and extensions and bagged her man.

Another started a gossip campaign to smear her would be man's current girlfriend.

how far did you/someone you know go?

Absolutely nothing at all. No effort whatsoever. He thought I was fabulous and went above and beyond to be with me. No time to type it all our now.

When my self confidence was low, I used to try the bringing them food and trying to be the 'perfect' wifey. Always ended up being fucked over so I became a cold hearted woman who absolutely knows her worth and walk around with fuck off vibes. Men tend to trail after me like love sick puppies now. The length I went to was to stop wanting them at all 🤣

This was years ago!!! I'm talking 19/20 I was madly deeply in love but he had a girlfriend and she (quite rightly) hated me because she knew how I felt.

I was on a girls night out and we got into an argument in the toilets, she was drunk and basically shouting telling me to stay away etc etc I was drunk also and was saying some rubbish back but she was known to be quite aggressive and had previous for getting physical at times...
Although she did not do anything to me on this occasion.

I left the toilet and put my best Oscar winning performance on that she has shouted at me (heard by others) and hit me!

The news quickly got back to said guy who was so apologetic to me and ended things with her right then and there over the phone because she had hurt his friend!

Cue us forming a relationship albeit short and sweet! I do feel awful that I lied.... she swore up and down she didn't touch me but she was so drunk she actually couldn't fully remember if she had crossed a physical line so she just accepted it.

Terrible behaviour I know!

You were teenagers! Who get up to all sorts! I remember never actually saying if I liked someone as you could guarantee a member of our group who then chat up whoever I liked. Might have said i fancied peopke I didn't fancy to throw them off the scent.

Years ago I had a work colleague who’s sister was determined to bag a rich man. She did marry a rich, older man. She had an affair with a hot workman and got pregnant and kept the kid. Her older dh couldn’t get her pregnant so he stayed with her and brought the kid up as his own. The fit, young workman left her, he didn’t want her or the child.
I’ve no idea if she is still with the rich, old husband.
Her sister and mother don’t have much to do with her as they disagreed with her morals. She did wiener a lot of time apart from her dh. I don’t think they had that much in common.

* decemberchills*
* I thankfully didn't have to do much to 'bag' him. We clicked, it was easy. We are lucky*

* An ex colleague was very unfortunate in that her contraceptive pill mysteriously failed her a few short weeks into the affair she was having with a senior member of our finance team.....who had just bought a house with his lovely long term girlfriend. *

* We referred to the baby as 'the anchor baby'
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Did the job as they are still together 12 years later!*^

Wow. Yes back in the noughties I know a few who did this. Babies born six weeks after their "alleged" due date etc

Sorry, I don't get what this means.

I would rather be single than have to change myself to bag any man 😬

Always be yourself and don’t change anything for anyone.

I also don’t understand why someone that’s rich and successful is something to aim for? Surely finding someone that’s kind, compassionate and treats you right is what you should be aiming for?

I just put a kebab and a pint on the ground. When he stopped to eat it I dropped a big net over him.

Anyway, good luck with your interview for "Chat" magazine.

They claimed they were pregnant to keep the man, get a ring then desperately tried to get pregnant.

Same 🤣, I am now a cold hearted bitch, strongly independent and I don’t really do anything for anyone, I don’t find it hard to ‘bag a man’ (if I wanted too).

I watched and pretended to like Game of Thrones so i could talk about it in the office with him. Towards the end of series 2 I really started enjoying it and ended up way more into it than him by the end.

He feigned interest in Rizzle Kicks.

It's the stuff of great romance novels.

Absolutely agree. Sadly only married poor ones!

@Bireadwhatiread
Oh yes, thanks, I'm a bit slow this morning!

Eh? Have I fallen through a wormhole into the 1950s? I have never "bagged" another human being. I certainly haven't had bits chopped off or stuck on in order to do so. Relationships happen organically, or they don't

I told him I’d never seen Lord of the Rings. He invited me round to watch it, and cooked me dinner.

We’ve been together 11 years. He now watches LotR with our DC because I have zero interest.

This!

I was always disinterested. Never found myself short of male company if I wanted it. They're weird things!

DH I told him I would probably never get all dolled up cos I dont wear makeup, wasn't interested in partying or shopping, didn't need jewellery and would rather watch motor racing with some chocolate than go on a date. All true. 15 years later we still spend the weekends watching cars of some sort. DC just had to get used to it!

Damn. I have heard stories of women being very intentional to get a man that is “out of their league”. Going to certain “high network” events to find a guy. I’ve never met anyone that has done this successfully. One of my friends ended up with a well off man but then found out he was married.

I am too busy living my own life and if I’m dating you - we fit around eachother or we do not. You like me or you do not.

I telepathically (news to me) anticipated where he’d be and always seemed to be there, e.g. refectory, disco, library when we were students. When I occasionally looked up I found him in front of me, close up, with a beaming smile on his face.
My next ploy was to shower daily, slick the lippy and waft some mascara over my eyelashes.
Cunning, eh?
No bags were involved, though I have heard it said that in Myanmar some women carry their husbands in a bag on their back.
Reader, should I have considered this to catch him off guard?

I went to a Iron Maiden concert and ate tomatoes (not at the concert but in a sandwich he made, with cheese) and I hate tomatoes. Hated every second of said concert too, but we got married 9 years later.

You made me laugh. I do ask myself if maybe I should make more effort but then think it might be disingenuous

This!

I was just myself, he was just himself…

I didn’t even try to get a man…

Just here for the comments 🤣🤣🤣

@Bireadwhatiread Making more effort?
Newly graduated, one of my first work colleagues used to remove make up before bed then reapply mascara as she didn’t want her DH to see her pale features. She was a professional cook but didn’t make gravy quite like his mother who was then enlisted to teach her.
Nuffin wrong with turning the light off and using granules just not at the same time. 😂