Where have all the fit, interesting and available men gone (pt 17)

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Has no-one beaten me to it yet?

Juicy sounding good.

WG old friend is worth seeing again.

Second not to arrange a meet up without me. Maybe down south in May.

What we need is a car that runss on dirty nappies - we'd all save a fortune... bit smellly though

That would have been great a couple of years ago when my DTs were small but thankfully they are well out of nappies now - so will have to be fat-powered which gives me a good excuse to raid the biscuit tin! Just fuelling up the car!

hi all, apologies for my absence from the thread for so long (assuming you've noticed I've not been here that is!) whilst I would love to say that have been holed up somewhere with a nm, the reality is much more dull & involves lots of boring but v time consuming work & home stuff!

anyway...will try and catch up with the latest:

Belle - well done for telling GB where to go. definitely not before time, you've given him more than enough chances.

Lou/asbm/monty - sounds as though all going well for you three....shall we all get our fascinators ready?

juice - sounds like latest date went well, am v as I love chocolate labs!

eve - re salesman

kdk - read the stuff about pof man. what a loon. hopefully you have now plumbed the depths of pof weirdos and next guy will be at the very least normal...

hi to everyone else I have forgotten....

not much news with me..still on match, still not having much success....a few times I've winked at guys on there, they've winked back, then Ive emailed them and never heard a thing again - is it just me or is that ? Or maybe my initial emails were so shit they couldnt face repying

however have had a reply from one guy who has asked me to go for a drink, will try and arrange that for next weekend, he cant spell - which is a pet hate of mine - but am starting to think I cant afford to be too fussy! ...

the builder who asked me out to see a film back in Dec (& at the time said he was looking forward to it) has gone all quiet on me, I messaged him a week ago to ask if he wanted to go & not heard a peep out of him, so a bit about that as he is gorgeous albeit far too young for anything long term!

feeling a bit meh about it all because today at work I effectively met my ideal man - in terms of age, looks, build, intelligence, etc - and no small hands! literally almost swooned when i was introduced to him. Am betting he's married/in a LTR though - frankly theres no way anyone that good would not have been snapped up years ago!

kdk - there is a POF Valentines party on 12th Feb? Whatcha reckon? We can still have a meet up with everyone else in May or whatever. Sorry to hear you were too late with the soulmate guy - however it was really nice of him to send that reply. However, why is he still on soulmates if he isn't available

Don'ttouch and abouteve - I will definitely meet up with fit friend anyway because it would be great to catch up. I definitely fancy him from the photos - but strangely it feels a bit odd because we were brought up like cousins, even though we are not related. Hey, big ducks sounds exciting! Looking forward to the updates.

Hi hatesponge - re ideal man, will you be seeing him at work again? Don't assume he's been nabbed, do some research and fill us in!

Ok, been asked on a date on POF, sounds ok, but what's putting me off is that when he emailed me he mentioned he was handsome (surely that's for me to decide ) and he has mentioned it in his profile too. AIBU for it to put me off? Suppose it makes me feel scrutinised as well, that I won't be good looking enough for him.

wow we have a new one huh!?! lol.

how is everyone here.

hi hatesponge - we did wonder where you were.

wg - yeah, big ducks is fun. but as i said. his longest relationship is only 4 months as he's same age as me.... that would mean having to train him... cant really be farked. i'm busy enough training 2 toddlers how to behave. but its worth some fun i think for a bit.

as for guy who said he's handsome... all i have to say is ... and ... some more.

melted - hi, welcome... you dont need to be actively dating yet. but this thread is good for a bit of insight and confidence before you dip your toe in the water. how long have you been single? and when was the last time you were single.... i cant believe how different this dating malarky is to last time i was single 6/7 years ago.

oh here you all are

what a shit start to the day

i have been trying to pay my mobile phone bill for a couple of days but orange keep saying they either are really busy or cant take the payment, so today they decide to bar my phone

i go online to try and pay and now they have problem taking payments online, and they say i cant pay by my phone cos calls are barred
ffs

i cant get hold of my mate so i can go use her phone and pay it either

i am really pissed off because i have a few problems with my phone they havent resolved, yet it was only due in yesterday, and it would have been paid if their fucking system worked properly in the first place

now i have to hike into guildford and pay at a store

i am so going to rant at them

@ sponge - could you do me a big favour if you're subscribed to Match? Let me know if that would be cool with you - just contacting 2 guys that contacted me and letting them know they can find me (for free as skint atm!) on OKC or PoF.

@WG - there's one on the 29th of Jan as well in Willesden of all places - just wondering if I could take a singles party the day before Valentines which is a horrible artificial pants day anyway - but I'll think about it .... would def be up for a drink though!

@Lou, all phone companies, in fact all utility companies, are crap - I'm pretty bad-tempered at the best of times but one thing guaranteed to have me chucking the crockery about is trying to get hold of a human being, ending up with some poor know-nothing in India and getting nowhere fast - and PAYING for it! Hope you get it resolved and enjoy the rant.

honestly i am absolutely furious

i have to take dd2 to a gp appt soon, then drop dd1 to college then go into guildford and sort this, (may as well pick up some hair clippers for the boys and the mechanic to do later tonight while i am there as mine are broken)

then i have to get some food shopping as well as chores and look for a new car, and be back her by end of school

plus i have an extra child today for a few hours, and want to carry on tackling my bedroom storage problem

i do not need to be wasting time in an orange store

oh and i have a gp appt myself at about 7pm

morning all

lou - feel your pain with orange I have been a customer of theirs for years and have had lots of rucks with them over several things. I don't get this blocking your online access when you need to pay - it's pants.

These large companies cause the ordinary person sooo much stress.

In order to stop feeling so lardy (the extended break has really made me feel very sluggish) I walked to work today (about four miles) also need to get back on my bike -bit cold for me atm.

Chocolate - I know it's hard either end of the weight scale - I need to lose about 2 stone for medical reasons but its not easy. It also clashes with the first time in 30 yeas I have been at ease with my body actually like it. Clearly some men (of a type) like it too!!

I'm also convinced my yo yo dieting has contributed to my high blood sugar.

exbf txt me last night and we are meeting soon - he is like a drug to me I am afraid. Feel calmer/happier when I get my fix of him.

Sponge - need full details of the ideal man you met at work.

I have put a picture of Clooney (immature emoticon) by my bed so he's the last thing I am seeing at night. LOL

Is it a bit late to join in? Just because I'm a terrible gossip and it is nice to talk to other single mums? pleeeeaaaaseee?

Oh yes, and I have some very good things to say about POF

Do tell, mongolia, mind you I will only get jealous as I have absolutely no luck anywhere but particularly with PoF.

mongolia - which area are you in... pof has been very good to us scottish thread dwellers. but a bit pants for the londoners.

scl - in past 10 years i was obese and skinny.. had 5/6 years smaller then with kids went obese again.. then dropped the 8 stone in past year.. but i also link my yo yo weight(not dieting as dont ever go on diet to loose weight) on why i can no longer handle sugars and find myself much healthier on the diabetic based diet the doctor put me on a few months ago... i've got lots more energy and nevr bloated anymore.

@ scl - you can't have clooney - he is mine

mongolia welcome I'm all ears

juicy - yes that's the type of eating thingie (can's use the word diet) I need to go on - is it low GL/GI

scl - its the most boring eating regime.. your allowed nothing nice..although.. i have found.. if i have them at certain times of month i still feel fine. usually the week of my af.... but i definately have to stick to it 100% the week before af or i can barely stay awake.

can't

lou33, hope you ask them for some compensation - free mins or something, tell them you are going to renew your contract with someone else.

kdk - just to be clear, I'm not overly hot on the idea of these pof parties myself (the words naff, desperate and leering come to mind) let's see how we feel about it nearer the time!

I've started running again this morning after xmas slump. I'm desperately trying to lose my belly because I'm having an op in Feb - corrective surgery on breasts after radiotherapy years ago - which will mean I'm going down 2 cup sizes. I really don't want my belly to be bigger than my tits.

Oooh Mongolia, tell us the POF goss then.

And you can all stop fighting over George, I love him more than any of you.

Does anyone else think it's weird that the last 4 blokes to have showed interest in me have been Scottish? Esp as I've never been approached by Scottish men before?

I'm somewhere in the middle, wasn't lucky in finding "suitable candidates" in my area (small town) so had to extend the search a bit. But it was worth it.

I was amazed with POF, having spent 6 months in Parents Already, receiving about 6 messages a month, and speaking mostly to a person who was a cow herder during the day and a tarot reader during the night , I was suprised to get more than 100 messages in the fist weekend of POF. It was such an ego trip that for my own sanity I left within a month.

agree about the ego trip mongolia when I split with exh didn't think I would ever date another man again. Genuinely thought that no-one would be interested in me again.

Exh had done such a job on my self esteeem and had rejected me for years etc. That's what some of them would like have us believe.

As we find out the reality is quite different. The interest is there!

100 messages Mongolia! And living in the sticks! But what's wrong with an ego trip? Better than a self esteem bashing anyhow.

Well, yes but I was becoming a bit of a superficial airhead woman with so much attention (and feeling awful at not being able to respond so many nice messages).

Anyways, I talked with a few of them during that month, met 5 (all lovely) and one of them was so adorable I couldn't let go of him

Well you must be bloody gorgeous and charming to boot

So you are still with Mr adorable?