to miss MEN!!!

[LetThemEatCake]

now don't get me wrong, I am not sorry to have given up working f/t and to have gone freelance in order to be a SAHM.
I am not sorry to be married, or to have been with my dp for the last 10 years
I am not sorry to have met the other women I've met through becoming parent, nor to partake of the wit and wisdom that is Mumsnet

BUT

GOD I miss bantering with blokes. Yes, sometimes mildly flirty, a bit of innuendo, a bit of Monday morning Premiership chat ... just a different perspective, a different dynamic - I MISS IT!!

'Ello darlin'. I'd let you eat my cake. What about them Gunners then?

maybe I was exceptionally blessed to interact with witty and urbane men..

YANBU! I would be very upset if there were no men.

It's like getting blood out of a stone to get anything out of the men I work with. They are outnumbered by women by around 12:1 though!

oh, damn, I thought you needed one. And I was going to offer you mine. He's free to a good home and almost fully-trained.

I am an irrepressible flirt, which doesn't help.

Flirt flirt flirt flirt flirt

Never with intent mind you

The only one who benefits from the sunshine of my flirtiness these days is the DHL driver

Oh yes, definitely one of the plus points about going out to work. Nice male scenery.

Tis a slippery slope to fancying Justin, Doodle Doo bloke or the Blonde one from Hi Five....just for the kicks!

oh god ... I did have a moment of fancying the Doodle Do bloke.

DD now delights in saying "Chris, Chris, rhymes with Kiss" Just bc she heard me saying it to wind her dad up.

I just flirt in a delusional fashion with young male shop assistants now.

LOL at James&his... I know what the OP means tho. There's nothing wrong with a bit of innocent banter/flirting to make you feel good. Time for a girls night out OP?

Yep I completely agree. My best job was one in an office full of men, we had a great laugh.

Not much male contact at all now sadly.

nooooo, not a girls' night out ... all of my friends are partnered-up and their idea of a night out is to have a few drinks and talk about the dp/ kids/ mortgage - basically, the same as what they talk about by day but with the addition of some lipgloss and heels

am so bored of female conversation [grumpy]

Oh god, me too.

I miss men so much. I still have a couple of male friends, but they are all now married themselves, so they bring their wives when they come to visit us up in the sticks (not complaining, their wives are lovely) but then the women all chat together, it's all talk about kids blah blah blah, and I feel so bored. I adore my ds but have no desire to talk about him endlessly. If I bugger off to talk to the blokes, I get their wives coming in and out shooting me funny looks.

Also, what annoyed me about some of the men I used to know is that when met dh, I suddenly became 'someones wife' and I was treated differently by male friends.

I know no men at all where I live now, it's all women, all the time. If I am out, and I talk to men, and get really stupid comments from female friends along the lines of 'oh, won't your dh be angry'. Makes my blood boil.

We had our bathroom fitted a while back and had a group of really nice guys doing it. They were really nice and it was great having a sneaky fag and a laugh with them in their lunch break, closest I had been to men in years. How sad does that sound!

You miss football banter???

Surely flirty and innuendo is something you give up when you choose one man to be the father of your children though? Grow up!

Oh I know what you mean. I love the banter!!
I love love love my female friends but sometimes it can all get a bit earnest!

er, yes nightbynight

Now get your apron back on and get back into that kitchen.

One reason I could never be a SAHM is I like flirting and banter with men far too much. I will not grow up!

why don't you join a running club or go circuit training you'll meet loads of people and its platonic.

I have a load of guy mates from the swimming team at uni still.

LetThem, Im the sole wage earner in my family. Not flirting when you're married is responsible grown up behaviour.

And all my colleagues bar one are men. So envy me

yanbu- i am feeling the exact same way. i am surrounded by girls and it's pmt hell! men are more of a laugh.

god, YANBU at all! i prefer men to women. i miss flirting. its harmless and fun nakes both parties feel a little bit better that day!

yes, have checked with my dh and he agrees that my flirtiness is part of the package and not something I should have left behind when we got married.

After all, I met him at work (although he was a customer, not a colleague) so he knew what I was like.

I don't like inappropriate sexual banter, just general mickey-taking and light heartedness. Agree that woman can be way too earnest.

lolapoppins - your post is almost exactly my experience of it.

A bit of harmless flirtation is no bad thing. It makes you feel more attractive, it probably makes your dp see you as more desirable and as long as your dp is the only one who benefits from that, then it's fine, no? I agree that there are lines which should not be crossed.

And yes, I miss talking about sport! I like sport! what's the problem??

I love talking about cars. Favourite types of car (Aston Martin, natch - I will stare at an Aston Martin in the street the same way men will stare at a really hot woman), best roads/routes, Top Gear etc. Women don't usually get it.