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Where have all the fit, interesting and available men gone (part 25)

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Remotew · 23/09/2010 21:37

Kicking this off.

Hi BeautnotMag, 3rd date sounding promising and can see you are keeping your options open.

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Flamesparrow · 02/10/2010 22:46

:o

No married guys though and he clearly is Wink.

Flamesparrow · 02/10/2010 23:11

Someone sort me out!

Flamesparrow · 02/10/2010 23:30

I found ManA! He has a new name.

Now... do I send him a message? Seeing as I told him I wasn't sorted after XH. This time I am stupidly into someone else. It'd be mean wouldn't it?

Gah.

lilac21 · 03/10/2010 00:02

flame, do yo really want to make life any more complicated than it is already?! Don't know the full history with ManA but it does sound unfair to get in touch.

Welcome happy, our dating horror stories will soon put you off Grin

Had a fab time in Paris, not much rain and it was great to see my friend from the US who was on holiday there. We were up at 5am and have just got home...the girls all passed out on the tube and then when we got to the station, the tube guy used his pass to open the barrier for the younger two, and the one at the front just stood there in a complete daze, didn't move an inch, and then the barrier closed again Confused I had to attract his attention again and say "Sorry, she's practically asleep and she didn't even move!"

Had an interesting email on Lovestruck from someone I had winked at cos I thought he looked gorgeous...will tell you more tomorrow when I have had some sleep. DD2 is 11 tomorrow and I hope she is tired enough and old enough not to be up at dawn itching to open presents...zzzzzz

Flamesparrow · 03/10/2010 00:20

Glad you had a good time :)

Man A is started talking to at the same time as carrot. got on well, he asked me out, but had already clicked so well with carrot without having met him i couldn't bring myself to meet A til i knew how Carrot panned out. Lied and said i wasn't sorted after XH. he told me to contact him if i changed my mind.

Life not complicated would be dull ;-)

I want to shake Carrot for doing this to me. This isn't me! i don't fall for people easily. Letting down my barriers completely is rare. But this random man has somehow made me like this and i haven't the strength and/or i am too stubborn to walk away.

Flamesparrow · 03/10/2010 16:02

anyone else keep checking back in case Beaut has posted?

mummyilubyou · 03/10/2010 16:52

Sure do Grin

Such a nice time at my friend's last night, lie in this morning Shock and lots of lovely texts from RAF, inc offer to take me out hacking....am now slightly worried he is too nice and will be (or worse, I will be) huge disappointment tmrw night....

Flamesparrow · 03/10/2010 17:16

it Will be lovely. he Will be lovely. the world Will be fabulous.

carrot coming in a couple of hours. i intend to get to the bottom of him this.

BeauticianNotMagician · 03/10/2010 19:29

Hi all Just checking in quick as DG is on his way over.

Had an amazing weekend.His family loved me Grin and i loved them.We all had such a giigle.Was even invited over for christmas but we will see.I have fallen for him big time.Will post in more detail tomorrow.

lilac21 · 03/10/2010 19:36

BNM, that's great, so pleased for you Grin

flame, you give that vegetable what for.

kdk · 03/10/2010 20:36

BNM - made up for you (if a tad Envy and Sad for me)

flame - threaten him with the grater!

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Remotew · 03/10/2010 21:55

Beaut, very pleased for you. Flame pin that carot down this time.

Nothing to report. Had a fun night out last night. Looking forward to another one next Saturday. LG has fallen off my radar and there is no-one else on the horizon atm.

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lou33 · 03/10/2010 22:47

Good news bnm :)

The dc's were asking about us getting married (again) earlier.

Dp was trying to explain that neither of us felt it necessary, then added that he loved me v much though, and if i ever felt it was important to me to do then he would marry me for sure.

They settled for that.

I said to him in surprise "you mean if i wanted to we would get married?!" And he said yes of course.

I told him that was really lovely to know, but we dont need to.

We are happy as we are and i dont think getting married should be about doing it to make the other half happy. It should be something that is wanted by bith people equally.

And we both equally agree its good as it is, but how sweet is he saying that?

mummyilubyou · 03/10/2010 22:51

Lou, that is sweet and the rest Grin

I read that sitting here saying 'wow' out loud

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Remotew · 03/10/2010 22:51

Fine Lou but if it happens I want an invite, OK?

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Flamesparrow · 03/10/2010 22:52

Long long talk. Carrot is done (as an "us" but as we are is still happening). General consensus for both of us is that the easiness is there, the basic physical attraction is there but that stomach churning isn't. Until we talked it hadn't actually occurred to me, but it isn't there for me either. My sex drive finds him appealing, but no butterflies. Weird feeling. As much as we just click it feels right. I do really like him, he is a lovely bloke, but I think if i had had sex within the last nearly six months he would be a lot less desirable!

Does any of that make sense?

Woohoo for Beaut!

mummyilubyou · 03/10/2010 22:53

BNM, so glad you had a good time, you go girl

what lovely news on the thread Grin

Am trying not to talk myself out of tomorrow eve - RAF just being too good to be true - he will turn out to have bad breath or something

mummyilubyou · 03/10/2010 22:57

Lou, can I wear this?

Grin of not on
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Remotew · 03/10/2010 22:57

Flame, sounds like he feels if it happened it wouldn't be special enough and giving what you have been through recently then perhaps he is being fair. You like each other but it's not going to be a love thing.

Never really analysed so much myself and that's why I have had more short term flings than I care to remember.

Hope you are feeling OK about it all.

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mummyilubyou · 03/10/2010 22:58

Flame, sense? kinda......

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Remotew · 03/10/2010 23:00

Mily that is some hat and need another airing.

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Flamesparrow · 03/10/2010 23:05

Yup it would be good and easy but not fireworks. He's never had fireworks and i want them again some day. I think he is my "if we're still single when we're 40" bloke.

Monty100 · 03/10/2010 23:06

Flame - that's interesting for a bloke to hold back like that. Very honest too. How are you feeling??

Beaut - great on your weekend :)

Eve - I get what you mean about never analysing enough. I's something I learned later too.

Lou - congrats on non-wedding iyswim. :)

Hi to all.

Had nice night out last night.

Going to bed now, have toothache :( and am a dentalphobe. Going on jollies on Friday so i'll need to do something about it. :(

mummyilubyou · 03/10/2010 23:08

My DMa works occasionally in a hat shop a friend of hers runs and she spotted that for my cousin's wedding last year and practically held me in an headlock until I signed on the dotted - I loved wearing it Grin

My equivalent of your fabulous boobs - I give good hat Wink

mummyilubyou · 03/10/2010 23:08

sorry, that was aimed at Eve ref boobs

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