Where have all the fit, interesting and available men gone (part 29)

[lilacisinlove]

Too good an opportunity to miss!

i thought you were a newbie to the thread til i read it properly

welcome

Crickey flame, where do you get your energy!!

1 1/2 hours aurora - probably too far for a serious relationship - still, might be OK for a non serious one - although i think I am done with that sort of stuff for the moment as it does my head in a bit

Have date tomorrow with physio, but my hearts not really in it, as am keen on mr global warming

Off to bed NN all...

hi all,

this week has absolutely horrendous with ds' 2 surprise rugby fixtures (both away) and second job picking up! To say that I'm exhausted is a complete understatement... can catch up on washing and house chores tmrw afternoon - wonderful!

1st date with 'very nice guy' went really well and he is as nice as I always thought him to be in a work environment. I also find him incredibly attractive. No kisses yet but 2nd 'brunch date' tmrw and he's been sending me the odd lovely text without pestering. A couple of 'buts' there though: he still smoking and doesn't seem to have much going in the way of interests, hobbies or activities.

So different from teacher who is always involved in some form of event, doing some charity run or out playing rugby in his spare time. And speaking of the devil: first he stops to chat to me twice (but always boys around) and says something about "hopefully see you again some time soon", then I find out through ds that he had been asking ds about my surname, background etc. Ok, all very innocent, just chit-chat instead of talking about rugby...??? Then (!!!), he yesterday asked ds how I was and when ds said that i was taking it easy at home (where do children get these ideas from? I only had 2 presentations to deliver and 5 meetings to attend!!!), teacher turns around and tells ds to say to me that he sends me his 'regards'. Am I going mad? I don't remember any other teacher, no even at prep school either asking after my welfare or sending me 'regards'...
Anyway, hope you are all enjoying your weekend!!!!

it's not easy living far away from people you like so i understnad that one.
global warming sounds promising though

hi stella not sure if i said hi yet or not sorry

stella and teachie
sitting in a tree
k-i-s-s-i-n-g

anyone?

stella. i think the teacher likes you :)
and glad the date went well and you have another today.
:)

Ive got my date with MI5 this afternoon. I have a feeling its going to be a disaster. I re read his profile and ive decided he sounds really quite arrogant. I may be proved wrong though, and ive got a babysitter, so may as well go.

Been talking to a few other nice sounding people on pof.

and Mr big is being a dick. Hes ignored me for 3 days straight. Yet more proof that he is unreliable and crap and i should not be with him.

Love the train guy story!

Teacher is sounding interested.

Judging by the text I got at 3am, Matt got waylaid with shit mates. I could shake him. He is too good a bloke to keep fcking his life up by taking crap. Felt slightly annoyed that I turned down Carrot for a guy I knew was unlikely to show, but at the same time that is two nights in a row I've been able to turn him down which is good for me.

day six of the shred. day two back off the ciggies! go me!

Snape well done. Lots of people seem to be packing in the cigs atm. Keep going, I'm doing fine although it's never easy.

i only started again around xmas, after i think, 4 years off - so i know i can stop. plus i'm SO broke at the moment,i really can't justify it...

Well done though snape. And well done for the shred too.

I really can't be arsed to go pj this date. Can someone tell me why its a good idea?

I'm still in pjs. I need to shower and find somerhing to wear, and do hair and make up. Take dd to mums. Get a taxi. Blah blah blah. Attempt to be interesting and fake small talk bullshit.
Then decide if it went well. Then have to wait and see if he thought it went well.
Meh
Too much hastle.
Can't be arsed.

oh tookool, i know what you mean and i've done that lots of times with friends actually. but what about seeing it as 'me' time even if the guy turns out to be indeed rather arrogant. it's time that you're making to make yourself prettier (!!!), get out and be an adult. i'd say go even if your heart isn't quite in it. and if the guy turns out to be at least good company then even better! last thing: i can sound really arrogant at times but it's a defense mechanism... if you do go, hope you have a great time!!!

well done, snape! friends that have quit found that avoiding certain social situations where you're more likely to smoke or finding something else to do instead of having the ciggie break outside at work really helped.

brunch date went really well and i've warmed up to him again. he's just lovely, i really can't fault him. plus as he was saying good bye, he got a valentine's card & chocolates out of the boot which was totally unexpected and so, so sweet! 3rd date on tuesday - cinema this time :)

Would it be too idiotic to send anonymous handwritten message to teacher saying that he should really ask me out for a coffee? assuming that he's not flirting with every other mum, he'd know who it's from and either do it if he's interested or dismiss it if he isn't (in which case, he wouldn't necessarily work out who it's from iyswim?). yes, i'm not 15 but i'm such a chicken and this is really sensitive ground here - there's no way i'm making a fool of myself in ds' school environment!

flame, is that you under a new name?!?! :) :) :)

NowhereToHideInTheDark

oh and 'Hi' aurora!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

That all sounds very complicated!!!

Yup, tis me.

(I love that someone else sounds complicated for a change )

well, that's as scheming as it gets as far as i'm concerned! yep, agree so i'll just let things happen... although i was kicking myself when i saw him yesterday and saw him making eye contact but i was worried sick about my car which had been playing up on way to rugby and that was all i could think of - very serious mood & face. not even his super-toned rugby legs (in those tiny little shorts) were enough to distract me from my car worries - can you imagine?!?!

That would be like something being able to distract me from the arse....

fuck me. that was the MOST awful 2 hours of my life.
Anyone watch the rocky horror... quite apt. the man had a hump and a walk like rif raf. sadly im not joking.
It was one of those, where the taxi pulls up with me in it. i think ' oh fuck' and want to tell the driver to keep driving but hes seen me.
His hair was like some kind of brillo pad fluff monster.
and he was the biggest arse in the world. talking about his lotus.
ffs.

i am never going to go on a date again.
jesus christ.

Argh poor you!

Ok. This is weird. Mattarse and one of my best mates are now friends on fb. She hasn't mentioned this to me, she hasn't mentioned ever meeting him. She knows the whole Matt saga. wtf?

Ok, text her. He came up in the people you may know thing (a few friends in common) and she decided to add him for a laugh. Still find it slightly bizarre.

flame - that is a bit odd.

and it was worse than awful. my toenails have more personality.

that is by far the worst date i have had in my life. EVER.

beats the guy who sounded like a chipmunk.

Hi all,

Poor you TKFS. I had one of those last year and I was positively traumatised - but you will get over it - you just need to go out with someone better!!

Stella - sounds like teacher might be interested after all - keep chatting to him and playing it only slightly cool - BUT i do think he needs to do the asking.

I have just had very nice date with physio - he is great fun but not sure there is any spark for me. Still he wants to take me out again.

Mr Global warming has been e mailing me - now that is much more interesting

elasta - pleased about prof, hope you can work something out and the distance isn't too much of a barrier.

flame - at brackets, but if he's not for you, move on

stella - I think go for it with the teacher, that is not making conversation or good manners, he is definitely interested.

tookool - date sounds like a nightmare! Did he use someone else's photo on his profile?

I've just spent a fab Valentine's weekend with TLOML. On Saturday morning I donned a hard hat, fluorescent jacket and rigger boots and took two lifts, climbed several flights of stairs and then another 40 floors in a hoist up the side of the building (you can see one moving on the left side) until we reached the top (as it stands now) of this. There's a great view from the 75th floor! Had a nice chat with the lady from the pest control dept at Southwark Council too - she was up there trying to catch a fox that had climbed up the internal stairwell. Since it's already the tallest building in the UK, that's the highest fox in the UK!

After a shopping spree in Westfield, we had dinner in the hotel and then headed out to see Million Dollar Quartet, which was my gift to TLOML and he thoroughly enjoyed it.

Today we went on the London Eye and wandered along the South Bank and loitered in cafes. It's been blissful :)

lilca. ha. did you like it up there ( how did you get up there? what does TLOML do)
thats mr bigs business. skyscrapers. am wondering if your tloml might know mr big.
most poeple in skyscrapers know mr big.

no. it was his pic. just about 10 years old. or more.

ha and evan davis is friends with mr big.
hes doing some work for him too.

lol