where have all the fit, interesting and available men gone (part 18)

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part 18.... jeeze 17 threads have past...17 threads worth of dating excitment/disasters.

wonder what number 18 will bring

any predictions anyone?

wedding/co-habitation for someone must be due by now.

Can you make it earlier the following week? If so, let's leave it til then and possibly Pink would be able to get there earlier too, or is Wednesday this week any good???? I think Kdk is around Wednesdays and Thursdays?

phew.. this london meet -up seems a bit tricky. . sure you will get there in the end.

my passport has arrived back. woohooooo

shall spend some time oggling flights tonight

yes following week cld prob make 5.15pm?

can't really do wed this weeek sorry.

SCL - Lol, actually I can't, it's ds's proper parent's evening. OMG! Can you all do Wednesday next week about 5.15ish?????

This is getting very hard - can't do Wednesdays till about 6 as work in Kensal Green/Westbourne Grove-ish and need to get the dreaded 18 bus back to central London after finishing teaching at 5pm. Thursdays am at college so can do earlier as lectures/tutorials finish 4.30ish.

Just had incredibly plain man send me message on single with kids who unsurprisingly has never been married and has no kids (never sure why those types are on dating for parents type websites????) - this is off his profile

'I am committed to my one and only Lady with a good sense of homour and am affectionate. She should be aged between 18 and 40. For the time being if you want a man with flashy car then do not contact me. I have taken the controls of a British Airways Boeing 777 airline pilot training simulator that was cheaper to experience than owning a flashy car. I have been on the eurostar, a submarine and the airbus A380 with Singapore Airlines to Singapore. I have also been in a tube train simulator at The London Transport Museum.'

Gosh, well I wonder why no woman has ever snapped him up

I can be there at 6.30. Have any of you met before ?

I neeed advice!!! Had 4th date with bloke last Friday, thought it went really well. So far he's been a gentleman, not tried anything on etc. I paid for meal as he had previously paid, so I thought I should. Had a text later Friday saying thanks for meal, then another one later to say have a nice evening as I was going out. Not heard any more. As we left the pub he said something like 'lets do it again'. What's going on??

Also, I don't think he's complimented me at all yet, you know even like you look nice type of thing. I think he is out of practice with the dating game and like I said he's been a gentleman so far, but its starting to bug me now!

PMSL KdK, Ilove "I have been on Eurostar", fucking brilliant.

He either has the mental age of 5 OR it's a wind up. It can't be real.

There should be a singles site called "idiot moron lying twunts".

Just realized though, in my humble experience that describes 99% of men on all sites.

I can make this wed at 6.30 or any eve next week.

So hard getting people together isn't it.

Lets not give up though !

smarties. lol.

alas I'm giving up big time at the mo. boots still hanging up. Have heard from gymboy today via email - nob end that he is. should have just deleted it tbh read it & have s far ignored it.

ninah - wouldn't quite say that lol. (or the hot bit) he's ok looking thou I guess. just not my cup of tea thou.

monty - have added you on FB. excuse my ramblings thou that are often on there.

have you lot STILL not sorted out the meet up yet?

suppose i'd best get and ebay some stuff really - ho hum.

anyone advise?

I thought you were all getting somewhere with this meet up but can see you are struggling. Keep trying.

Singlemum, don't they just p--- you off! I hate all the angst of will he, won't he. Seems to be part and parcel of it. I hate being crowded by a nm but I also want a decent amount of contact right from the start.

I often meet people on a night out but that's because I know lots of people to chat to, male and female, as it's a close knit place, especially on a night out as everyone tends to go to the same places. Once I've had a few rum and cokes I'm a bit of a social butterfly, I forget how old I am for a few hours. I'm 48!! I try not to make a fool of myself if I can help it. The other night was great fun meeting the cheeky one but I don't expect it to go further. We didn't even swap numbers. I thought about it then thought nah!

I take the attitude that as long as it's only now and again it's not that sad.

Ninah, hang on in their and see how he is once his life is moving on.

Sorry Juice, was going to say glad you've got your passport. Does that mean a trip abroad is sooner?

sorry single mum - i'd say date others, carry on your life as normal and see if he contacts you - don't not talk to him if he does contact you but on the other hand don't go running after him either iycwim.

then again - well as I said b4 we all know my track record lol.

I can't be doing with it! Also, his profile went from the dating site a couple of weeks ago.

Sorry ladies about saying he wud pester, prob wrong word. The only reason I said that is cos over the weekend he asked on fri to meet me sat, said no cudnt get sitter, then asked again sat morn cud i not meet him that day. Then since saying yest i wud meet him wed, he asked twice if it's still on! he is prob a lovely bloke but just doesnt feel right, so have cancelled. Feel a bit mean, esp as I've arranged to meet second bloke instead. wasnt sure about that one either but he's been texting me today so what the heck, he's more my type and same age.

well betty - if you're already having doubts they're there for a reason tbh so go with what you feel is right.

single mum - well tbh it's your call. Do you want to see him again?

Singlemum-do as others have said try and get on with ur own things and let him come to you, easier said than done when u like someone sometimes! but still im with juice, i dont want someone who is always texting/ringing but a text so say hello isnt hard.

eve-nowt wrong with letting ur hair down once in a while and having fun!

juice-yay to getting passport, bet u've been searching tonight for them flights!

belle-good for u for getting chatting at least even if u dont intend on any dates yet!

kdk-I think singlewithkids is linked to other dating sites, which is y it isnt actually just singleswithkids, bit pointless the name really isnt it!

forgot to say ninah, maybe nm has realised he needs to move on with things after all?

SB - yes I want to see him again, but think I'll wait and see if he contacts me. Maybe when I hid behind him at the pub 'cos my work colleagues walked in it scared him off!!!

if you london ladies dont arrange the meet soon it will be end of April & I will be back (& able to come along! )

am glad that consensus is match man is a shitbag! have been somewhat flamed on my AIBU thread, plus horrible, stressy day at work, so feeling a little sensitive atm. am telling self is his loss

Hi Sponge, London meet up is proving difficult. We are all such overworked busy ladies. I've been trying to find you on fb but don't know who has you as a friend?

Is it always deffo 9pmish when you get back every Thurs?

I can't do next Thursday as have parent's evening. The Edi meet up will take place before this one. lol

Belle - Found you!

I have just posted on that thread I think. I did go meh at some of the comments.

Next wed should be ok. Sorry as I said before this also happens with RL friends. Its quite hard for me to get out and can't rely on exh to have dcs beyond 6pm on his 'prescribed niggt' so have to get bbysitter.

Let's wait for Kdk now about next Wed.

I'm off to find that thread.

Hello all - am depressing myself watching horribly depressing documentary about Zimbabwe ... wouldn't mind but put on TV to distract myself from assignment that I should be writing but am too tired to deal with now .

Next Wednesday should be okay - assume we are talking about the 10th not the 3rd? And as per my previous message, I can't get there till near 6ish ... other than that shall we make it a date?

monty - am not (yet!) friends with anyone on FB however I am more than happy to be added should anyone wish to do so....you should be able to find me if you search by email allat118 @ yahoo . co. uk

(without the spaces obviously!)

and yes unfortunately til end of April am unavailable before 9pm thurs

agree edi meet up probably will be first!

SCL - thanks for the support on that thread i also felt a bit meh about a few comments, esp the ones who said I should tell my Ex to do XYZ etc.....because of course we know its that easy....also the ones which kind of implied I was a bad parent for not being at home when DS comes in from school with his dinner waiting

but anyway will rise above it and nestle back into the shelter of this thread