Where have all the fit, interesting and available men gone (part 27)

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part 27? good god

Bloody hell eve and kdk, what is it with these over sensitive, princessy men? Do they get their mummies to check the profile after they've written it or what?

In summary, they are in the wrong not you.

kdk - I like sparky men too and cannot bear self important, humourless dullards (actually I would be interested to see who DOES like them!). Your James Patterson fan seems to take himself awfy serious doesn't he? Prat.

I have one on OkC who persistently messages me (must have done it about 6 or 7 times) that I never ever replied to. You think he would have the message by now by guess not.

scl - lots of sympathy for you, I get like that too. It's really hard. DS was 'in my face' all day today and sometimes I find it a bit much.

SCL, having older ones brings a new set of problems parenting challenges. Cannot believe that some of DD's peers are taking driving lessons, almost living with boyfriends etc but life is still very much restricted for me. Oh well I will be moaning in the not too distant future that I am going mad living and growing old on my own.

Snowing again!

KDK, you would think they would get the message via silence. You are an intelligent woman so can imagine you need an equal to settle down with but if you are wanting to meet a few then you might need to dumb down and just go on the photos you like.

Hi Eve - and ta for the compliment. Re trying it with guys who I like the look of, made that mistake with my ex-h to be honest! Sadly for me, good looks aren't on their own, enough. Will just have to keep looking for that elusive fiam!

Actually was quite funny, a group of dads from one of my dt's classes are trying to organise a get-together. I was chatting to some mums, one of whom mentioned it. I joked that I'd go along seeing as I'm ipso facto both mum and dad to my kids and could therefore qualify as an 'honorary dad'. First one said, oh yeah you should go ... and then obviously thought better of it ... assume she wasn't keen on thought of one mum and all those dads! Was quickly decided that was a very bad idea and not to be entertained AT ALL! Like I really would anyway ...

my washing pile is taller than me, luckily in the floor to ceiling laundry holder i have, well mostly

it will take an age for me to get it under control

both of ds2's helpers at school have offered me use of their washing machines and driers though if i get too swamped, one of them lives in my road which is handy, i knew getting dp to fix her car would come in handy one day

no snow here as of yet

exh is being a nob, so nothing new there

Hi all, just checking in.

Help me be strong. Am trying to resist the urge to txt radioman as I want to find out how interested / not he is in me before I get my hopes up. He sent me a thank you last night but not heard from him since - am going to try to reist txting or calling him just to see how long it takes him to call me - what would you do??

Anyway, he wont get his walking boots back unless he calls and judging by the forecast he is going to need them

by the sounds of everywhere else he will be needing waders not walking boots

Who texts last Elasta? If you haven't replied I would text to remind him about his boots. I felt all angst about the last one and gave in, he was just polite back.

I would resist texting/calling for now elasta.

If he's keen you will hear from him .

lou - praise be to DS2's lovely helpers! It's small kindnesses like that which can make all the difference I think when things go wrong. Still crossing those fingers/toes etc for you.

Lou - at least you hear from you exh - knob though he is. Mine after giving me an earful about how much he missed the kids and warning me about never letting them call anyone else dad has not even phoned for two months!

God I am rapidly going off men at the moment. Someone give me one good reason for not replacing the lot with a sperm bank! Just kidding, am in foul mood caused by kids off school and problem heating. Am going to pile on more layers and take myself to bed - night night - and Elasta stay strong and let him do the running! (Not that I ever manage that one!)

He knows I have them as he said I could hide them away for him (from the kids I think) until he came to get them. He sent me a txt pretty much immediately he got home yesterday and I sent him one back. Txts take ages to tur n up at mine because of the rubbish reception here.

You are right Janos. I am NOT going to call him, I really want to see what he is made of

kdk mine is the same, he is only giving me grief now because dd2 called him about her birthday/xmas gift

so he said he wanted to talk to me about it (she asked him for a locket), to which i sent him a text saying to email me the link of the one he had seem if that is what he meant

so i get back a link to a page full of lockets and i reply asking which one he meant

that was the cue for him to rant at me that he was grieving and i should pick it cos i know her

i told him to pick it himself as he is her father, then he has burbled on at me like i have done something wrong

all i wanted to know was what locket he was talking about and if he was going to get it or not and if so was it for xmas or birthday, so i didnt think about getting one for her instead

mind you at this rate they will only be getting a walnut and an orange, every time i try and allocate funds to xmas it ends up going on another bill

i dont see why he shouldnt choose his own gift, and shame on him for saying i know them, as it clearly shows he has no clue about what they like at all now

i also dont think i should pick it and he makes no effort for all the accolades iyswim

i have enough going on

Poor you Lou, know how you feel. Have just got only 1/2 months salary this month as I have had so much unpaid leave this year. I asked for an extra 2 weeks unpaid, which I need to cover the holidays - now I am paying for it I decided this year that I would ratehr have the time with my kids and scrape by. Unfortunaltey my ex has decided he would like to reduce his child support at the same time

shit isnt it?

Yikes, elasta, will you manage ok?

kdk, your ex is a prize prat.

As for whose turn to text, I play that game all the time!! Sent text to cyclist Fri pm, no answer, he was at his parents' for the weekend anyway so I left him to it. Got a text Sunday lunchtime saying 'You're quiet, are you ok? How's your weekend?' I don't bother pointing out it was 'his' turn to text me because I suspect he will think I am

a) bonkers
b) high maintenance
c) both of the above!!

Meeting H&S guy tomorrow for first time, he texted me earlier to say he'll be in a meeting until 6 and then drinks afterwards, how about 8pm? I replied couldn't he skip the drinks, since he has turned down several opportunities to meet for an hour or so because he said he wanted us to have the whole evening . He agreed to skip the drinks

i've never done the taking turns thing, i just text when i feel like it lol

Thanks for making me feel better lou

I am useless at this. I did txt him this morning and he has replied a couple of times so am feeling more positive. Lets see if he calls

i text when i feel like it too although with the job that vimes has got, he can't always reply.

morning everyone, big fat hairy flakes here today dd will like it tho - she kept asking me when we were going to get proper snow!!!

have set up an mn group on facebook, i keep getting everyone mixed up and wondering where i know everyone from please feel free to say hi!!

kdk - have added you today

have seen him in his uniform god he looks good in it

I love seeing dp in his, esp the heavy duty one

the snow is coming down fast now, dp says its started there too

I have heating- hooray!
I was feeling hopeful earlier because the sun was shining and the snow on the washing line and fence was finally starting to melt... but now the sky has that flat grey look and I think we're going to get another load

Yay FLF! Sky looking a bit clearer round my way so fingers crossed, it could be thawing.

Me and DS had a sledging expedition today to the local scotmid. Absolutely eff all on the shelves and massively busy.

Snow today coming up to mid thigh level (waist level on DS, who was a STAR today) I'm only 5ft 1 but that's still pretty impressive, no?

On man front, have exchanged a few friendly texts with ex (he from Sat), plus chatting to a couple of promising blokes on OkC.

That is all.

Yay FLF for heating!!! Snow to mid thigh Janos, whereabouts do you live??

We have quite a lot coming down but only a couple of inches, am just about to go out and get my horse in though, as she is out in the field atm and she will be hungry by now. Am likely to be at home for a few days as my route to work is across the peak district and will be impassable.

Nothing more from Radioman, he wont be coming here this week though as his car is rubbish in the snow!

Was hoping to get down to see mum, but wont be able to get down there until the weather improves. She is on good form but still getting more poorly by the day

Nothing really to add - am having problems getting a date together with S&M Man - he forgot he's got a function on Friday, I've just remembered it's School Winter Fair on Saturday afternoon .... and am still being ignored by Bluebeard - delete or not delete?