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Following on from the "how long have you been a single parent" thread.. Anyone want to talk DATES?

112 replies

TheMoistWorldOfSeptimusQuench · 25/07/2007 23:05

So, anyone got any exciting dates lined up?

I am waiting to hear from someone I like (& he clearly likes me too). It's driving me nuts.

So tell me about your upcoming dates / new lovers to distract me!

OP posts:
Girly · 31/07/2007 18:38

You two are brave!! Do you just message blokes you like the look of or wait for them to contact you? I am such a chicken, there are a couple that I like the look of but am too shy to do anything about it

lou33 · 31/07/2007 18:38

make him come to you

lou33 · 31/07/2007 18:39

why girly? no harm done if nothing happens

charliecat · 31/07/2007 18:41

I havent contacted anyone, just sat back and waited, keep browsing at them till they notice you lol, although ive switched off the looked at them thingy because it DOES seem to prompt them into looking back at me...and when im just being nosey, looking at School Girls Wanted etc, wellll id prefer they didnt see me looking lol

lou33 · 31/07/2007 18:42

oh yeh thanks for that, that school bloke looked at me after you told me to look at his profile

charliecat · 31/07/2007 18:43

sorry yuk, sorry.

Girly · 31/07/2007 18:43

Dunno, guess I prefer to be asked first, am fine once contact is made, its hard to know what to say.

allgonebellyup · 31/07/2007 18:49

i just contact whoever i take a shining to, its not like walking up to someone in real life and demanding their phone number!

lou33 · 31/07/2007 19:06

are we not supposed to do that then?

allgonebellyup · 31/07/2007 19:15

well you can, i guess!!
i have been known to take the bull by the horns and approach many a man anyway!

jellyjelly · 31/07/2007 20:43

i JUST APPROAch men and they normally like it.

I should have had a date tonight and met him at 8pm at 6pm he said he would call me shortly and then called at 8 saying did i want to meet him at 930 in the pub but by then it would be once an hours trains so i suggested another day but he couldnt do that so we will try next week but by then i will have to get a sitter or have him here.

I have a very old friend well sort of coming over to watch a dvd, damn as i look hot tonight.

charliecat · 01/08/2007 10:12

Awwww Jelly, nightmare.
Ha ha ha, I am currently ringing round for a baby sitter for Friday. Next week has turned into this week.

zippit · 01/08/2007 10:16

perhaps I can lure someone on to my thread for a laugh

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=1375&threadid=365074&stamp=070801093901

jellyjelly · 02/08/2007 16:33

wELL 2 days on and 2 dates on. Things are going incredibly well.

I normally attract and go for bastards and this guy seems to be really nice. We had loads of fun, we like the same things, we have kids the same age - well a month apart. He is tall. He buys me chocolate and can share his cheesecake.

It seems too good i want to know the catch and so does he.

zippit · 02/08/2007 16:34

sounds brilliant

charliecat · 02/08/2007 17:02

Well done jelly

jellyjelly · 02/08/2007 22:34

I was talking to a friend about him and apprently i smile evrytime i talk about him.

I am surprised i feel like this but he seems to nice. How can i convince me he isnt?

charliecat · 02/08/2007 22:49

Aww wait till he disapoints you, dont expect him to Well done...........keep him close.

Elizaveta · 03/08/2007 10:48

Jellyjelly, that sounds great!

I've got another date tonight. Think this could be the one where we have the talk. I'm ok with that though. Everything feels right about this so I feel like I've landed on my feet! We're going for a few drinks then dinner after work. Plus today is my last day at work for 3 weeks! Can't wait to leave here at 6 tonight!!

lou33 · 03/08/2007 14:18

that all sounds really positive jelly

i have a lunch date on sunday and another one on monday

jellyjelly · 03/08/2007 16:50

He asked me out for lunch today as well. I wont be seeing him this weekend as he is going camping with his ex wife and daughter and wont be back till late Sunday.

Will see him on Tuesday.

lou33 · 03/08/2007 17:35
Grin
charliecat · 03/08/2007 23:20

I have just came back from a perfectly pleasant evening, with the nicest man, who is incredibly rich and incredibly boring, who also ogled my tits every 15 mins or so.
Sexless, as Lou correctly predicted in a round about way after she had spoke to him.
Nice bloke, but god. No.
I wont be doing that again in a hurry.
Even tho he was pefectly pleasant.
I think, and I shouldnt say this, but im going to, that his flashy red car will buy him a woman, and it probably will.
But it sounds tinnier that my polo when you shut the door.
Anyway.
Thats enough dating for me for a year.

Pinkchampagne · 03/08/2007 23:35

Lol, CC!

I have the chance to go out for a drink with a nice man, but I spoke to him in person in December after a few drinks, and I can't remember what he looks like!!

charliecat · 03/08/2007 23:38

Oh shit
So are you going to?
Glad I did it, and glad it was him. Could have been worse, I now realise.