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.

nah, his passport expired last year and i know as i renewed it. real pita as had to go to his consulate. but it's not cheap this reneweal business. got mine this year. ds next yr and dd year after i think. what a carry on with these 5 yr passports for kids. and my 2 got their photo's taken at a few weeks old as they travelled soon as they had their immunisations to see gp's. .. i think there should be s discounted price for kids one. specially for an adult renewal. i dont see how they can justify the price. fair enough for initial passport there is now interviews and more security checks that all require to pay wages for someone to do it pushes up costs... but for simply taking your previous passport. checking you are same photo and re-issuing is beyond me how they can justify the price.

have to say didn't realise it was 5 yrs for dc, got dd done when she was tiny (no hair teeth etc) will have to check when it expires

• not that we've been anywhere lol

agree re costs, horrible is snowing here! only a bit tho catching up with paperwork, was planning day out but ds played up something rotten this am so we are all grounded

Hi ladies, almost the weekend yay!

still texting caveman who mentioned meeting up but doubt it will be soon as he's another one who's busy lol and have been chatting to bloke2 tonight (not sure what name to give him yet)and he has asked about meeting, but he's off work sick with broken rib so asked if it could be in daytime so he doesnt get sussed by work, have said will have too see. Both seem nice, so we'll see. never got that call from irishbloke, so was right to be dubioushis loss.

Going out with girls sat night to manchester too, so that should be good

Know what u all mean about kids passports, it's so expensive, I renewed DD1's last summer, think DD2 has another year or so left on hers cos she didnt get it as early but must check.

juice-hope u do get to see forces, shame about ex being able to go!

nina-try not to feel guilty about the date, and enjoy yourself if you can

thanks I will try! all gone v quiet maybe he has cold feet too, actually I wouldn't be at all put out if he has
broken rib man - Adam?

verrry quiet - waht do you make of this? I text suggesting meet on sat, and he comes back straight away, yes, great, where
I rack my brains, come up with somewhere and he replies where do you live?
I say town and that my local is dire and that I am out and about with dc in the morning beforehand
he does not reply???
he knows I have dc through our mutual friend so it's not that
and he hasn't seen my pic so it's not THAT lol
funny blooming species

was it just today you text??

any word from him as yet ninah?

well forget me going on a date with this second bloke, added him on fb and he's a nob! Only has women on his profile and lots of comments about women, not my type at all!

eww
thank god you've found out now betty

research pays I guess betty
no, still not heard a word, the only texts were on Wednesday, how v odd
still, I am happy to enjoy child free time - and I am thinking if he is this half hearted it is perhaps better to leave it, my friend did say he had been a bit depressed lately and had gone incommunicado with her for a while
not a healthy first impression I have to say
what's with the 'where do you live?'?
she also said he was shy and would be nervous
Suppose he comes back with something tonight/tomorrow - is it worth bothering?
I could happily mooch round in old jeans, clean out the shed, even go back to bed

it depends upon how you feel really
from what you've said he sounds a bit like hard work

I feel like I can't be arsed
but I'm perplexed (and I think I'm echoing hate here) why do men say yes when they mean no?!

has he been back in touch?

Ninah, if he isn't sorting this date out then you might as well right it off as you have already done the suggesting.

I saw salesman the other night. We went for dinner, then to a pub, then back to his. Which was all very nice but the next day he felt the need to tell me where I stood which wasn't very favourable. I digested all this in the shower then fired back a parting shot and left. He hasn't even checked I got home OK so I am just leaving it.

I wasn't expecting a major committment from him but I always go into things with an open mind about what may happen. He on the other hand seems closed off the any possibility, so time to put him back in the history books.

Anyway hope everyone else is OK. I've had an invitation from Turkish Delight to holiday together this summer. Keeping an open mind on that one.

Eve-sorry to hear about things with salesman men just dont know when they are onto a good thing do they!!

have had a day of doing housework here in aticipation of a hangover tommorow lol

hope everyone else is having a good weekend

eve
how are you feeling about things?
you sound as tho you're bearing up well?
don't understand what his problem is as i know you weren't looking for anything really serious
lol @ turkish delight but you have to admire him for his persistence eh?

hope you have a good night out with the girls
am assuming that ninah is shed cleaning after all esp.as it's such a nice afternoon for a change
wouldn't mind doing that myself if i'm honest but i'm stuck indoors redecorating dd's room(yet again!)wouldn't mind but she only had it repainted about 5 months ago
but will reward myself later with a tv dinner and some vino i think oh and a nice undisturbed soak in the bath

No, shed is too cold
I have cleaned and scrubbed my kitchen and living room, found cobwebs the size of small hammocks so much needed! After living here over 2 years I still have not got round to decorating dc rooms, so respect to you asbm! But I have to say I am having a lovely day
never heard a sausage from the texting chap
Eve I am sorry about salesman, at least you had the date first I suppose .. on the other hand he should really have told you first, what is wrong with them
Agree with betty and asbm housework wins prizes so I will be joining you in the wine stakes later and perhaps the hangover stakes tomorrow betty tho I did promise dc a day out and it means an early start
ooh it is so nice having a gleaming house, I wonder what it would be like if it were less of a novelty ...

lol @ ninah
yes it is a novelty to have an uber clean house not that it ever stays clean for long
and yep i've popped out and rewarded myself with vino and a pizza lol
the only reason i'm painting dd's room again is because she's already marked the walls and sadly with the house being on the market it has to look half decent
it's bloody annoying really trying to maintain a show home standard ontop of all the other essentials like laundry/cooking and everything else
btw whatever became of thai farmer?
thought that your friend was intent on a bit of matchmaking there?!

DD out tonight so I treated myself to a fillet steak, had to open the red early because of this.

I'm OK ASBM, thanks. Salesman didn't tell me anything I hadn't suspected but to have it spelt out put me right off. Basically he said he liked what we had but didn't want anything serious as he sees other women, was I OK with that? I mumbled something about it not being my business. When I had time to think about it. I asked him what he did he want, just to see me every few weeks? He couldn't even pin it down to that so I told him I had contact with other men, actually and bye, have to go. He hasn't spoken to me since. TBH things were a little challenged in that dept. which made me lol in the car on the way home. I don't want to be one of 'many'.

Ooops hope not tmi.

ooh fillet steak lush and yes it would be wrong not to open the red early lol
he sounds a right deluded arse and what a cheek that he'd expect you to become part of his harem
tbh i think i would have added more to my parting shot about the other men

Truth is that I haven't been seeing other men since him but I do have contact and that's what I said. I did elaborate a bit by explaining that one lived abroad but wish I had mentioned something bigger more.

rofl it's no more than he deserves
what a cock!

eve - kick his butt totally.

hope everyone's doing ok thou.

things are a bit busy here, been out ALL day lol.

was meant to see the sailor but he stood us (DS& I) up bit gymboy's away, and marine is totally a no go area now.

lol you have a memory like a vice asbm! today's no show was indeed the famous thai farmer
I thought everyone would have forgotten about him and that I'd give him the benefit of the doubt on the thai brides front!
I am mostly disappointed that I don't have some exotic story of escaping through a loo window, or of some new and revolting habit I've observed, I'm conscious how dull my dating life has been on this thread! But, it wasn't even as exciting as getting stood up! blanked by text?! wonder what my friend will say, she has been selling him v hard
Speaking of which salesman are good of making much out of a little eve ... what on earth did he think you'd say to his little proposal?! good parting shot, which I don't suppose he was expecting
Why oh why do these men assume we are pining for them to complete our lives
Oh, to round it off the other friend of friend prospect, I think I called him country gent or summat, remember the one who lives with his parents? well he is seeing a married woman
So nothign on horizon man wise
was a top day tho
exnm has texted asking me to come over lol

Think I'll stick to the younger ones in future. I have found men my own age and older have problems. Maybe it's just with me!

Maybe I should start a thread. That will brighten up this dull Sat night.