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where have all the fit and interesting available men gone?

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aseriouslyblondemoment · 27/01/2009 20:02

its just a thought which has been pondered upon by a few of us on here
as Lou 33 said if she knew the answer then she wouldn't be on MN

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N1 · 30/01/2009 19:02

no, I have been out all afternoon, I just got in and catching up on the banter.

aseriouslyblondemoment · 30/01/2009 19:10

i currently have two men very interested both have good profiles and don't sound dull
they're also both dads
and don't look that bad either!
we'll see how it goes later on

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lou33 · 30/01/2009 19:11

ooh you fox!

aseriouslyblondemoment · 30/01/2009 19:14

i know its all about options isn't it?
every girl needs them!!

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lou33 · 30/01/2009 19:17

oh absolutely!

aseriouslyblondemoment · 30/01/2009 19:36

let's hope i dont mess up and mix them up
could do with them both having the same name like SCL
so they could be called 1 & 2

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inthemistsoftime · 30/01/2009 20:39

asbm, go girl!

inthemistsoftime · 30/01/2009 20:42

Interestingly I have a text from Mr emotionally unavailable, so I am going to ignore and see what the fall out is.

Date still on for tomorrow with Mr X for coffee, things are looking up here in North London.

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 20:51

hello, my coffe got rearranged for sometime next week possibly mon morning when i already have kids left at my friends.

i fessed up about what i've been doing. have sworn her to secrecy but so relieved about having someone to tell when i go on my meets.

i too and loving the chat and feeling like a wwoman and not just a mother. and after being put down by exdp for so long it's amazing to hear good looking men still consider me highly attractive even though if only shifted 3 or my 5 stones i put on thru my 2 pregnancies.

was really nervous about today and kept being evasive about a time today. so eventually he said i must be too busy so meet today and wasn't interested. which is not the case at all. trying to explain i was super nervous was hard without appearing to be suffering from some self-conscience issues. i think he gets where i'm coming from. as he seems really nice. and attractive in his profile which is a bonus.

i've alo been asked on a date next weekend by a shellfish diver who lives on his boat not sure if i'll accept.

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 20:52

excuse typing , for some reason this box keeps missing start of every line of text??

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 20:53

asbm. lol at mixing them up!!

ninah · 30/01/2009 20:55

shellfisher diver is novel, you should go jsut for the stories you can tell on here!
my chap has got 'food poisoning', don't mean to be unsympathetic but when you get texts telling you they've just - bravely - managed a bit of toast ... I mean that's what marriage is for isn't it?

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 21:00

lol ninah!! i do fancy shellfish diver as he wants to go on an ariel assault course thing at climbing centre. which i'd love to do. but not sure if its too much for a 1st meet.

plus i get the feeling he's a heavy drinker. not sure how i feel about that. at least he wont get drunk if we're doing that. plus in his pics i cant get a good look at him? he's either got a great big wet suit on with just hole for his face. and not facing camera properly.

ninah · 30/01/2009 21:02

don't see what's wrong with the assault course? I mean it's not in a forest is it like one poster was considering? if you fancied it anyway it would be just like having someone to go with and the date woudl be secondary, quite good I'd say!
Why do you think he drinks?

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 21:04

he got really trashed other night. he had been messaging. it stopped making sense. but he was all apologies as he had got so drunk he had forgot what we texted incase he had been rude.

he wasn't

but for a 38yo man still to manage to get so bladdered is a bit

ninah · 30/01/2009 21:07

was he out with mates or something? I think as you get older it's harder to handle your drink and less is more ... praps it was a one off? he was sorrry at least

lou33 · 30/01/2009 21:10

38 yr old men get bolloxed all the time, or the ones i know do anyway (not ones i date tho)

an assault course wuld be a huge fat no for me, but thats because i am essentially lazy and it would require effort, that and i have a dodgy knee

asbm, just call them all babe or hun like they do us

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 21:13

lol, i'd really like the assault course myself. o perhaps might go and just see him as a buddy there for a chat and coffee afterwards.

him and his crew(lol he is captain) were docked as bad weather. then his friends boat pulled in same dock with bad weather. they all got trollied.

inthemistsoftime · 30/01/2009 21:15

I would love to go on an assault course, I love doing things which are slightly different and that certainly is.

Lou33, can you call men babe or hun, or is there a more generic masculine term that can be applied?

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 21:17

darling, babe, sweeite, sugar

babe is quite common where i come from

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 21:17

or handsome will get you extra points for stroking their ego. lol

lou33 · 30/01/2009 21:19

i just cant see the attraction of getting sweaty and out of breath for any reason other than sex

ninah · 30/01/2009 21:20

he sounds quite cool, pass him on when you have finished
better than one with a bellache all the time
my ex calls everyone darling, tis mortifying, and makes my toes curl as ds has started to as well

lou33 · 30/01/2009 21:21

i loathe being called babe or hun, i have an inability to keep my mouth shut if i am called that

my generic term is fella but i dont use it because i cant be bothered to remember their name, which babe or hun smacks of to me

elmoandella · 30/01/2009 21:25

not that kind of assault course lou. very little sweating involved unless your scared of heightsassault

i try and remeber name. shame i haven't verified either mans name yet

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