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where have all the fit,interesting and available men gone PT20

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Betty79 · 18/04/2010 18:08

Has no one beat me to it with a new thread yet?

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aseriouslyblondemoment · 18/04/2010 21:58

hey mont your absence has been noted lol
at least you've been and seen rather than wondering
and ohhh kids aft easter break eh?think i barked my lot to bed tbh grr..

kdk · 18/04/2010 22:03

least some of you had break from kids! Mine seem to have spent most of the holiday arguing/fighting and coming to me whining about what their sibling has been doing ... I am so glad it's school again tomorrow - and can't wait until they do their overnight school trip in yr 2!

Monty100 · 18/04/2010 22:09

ASBM - at texting while on date. lolol. But fancy vendor driving off after 10 mins?? Don't you think that's a bit . He saw us pulling in as well .

Kdk - I hope you don't regret having to dash off to get dc's . Do you have a standby should you want to stay longer???

Betty - in for the crown again. (Not Widow Twanky crown I hasten to add lol).

Am now going upstairs to make sure ds has brushed his teeth etc. He's 14!!!! ffs

aseriouslyblondemoment · 18/04/2010 22:20

hey mont but you know all about him and was a long running thing and sadly unfinished
but i mean that in a pos way iyswim..things left unsaid and all that
vendor driving off aft 10 mins???
elaborate please
{disclaimer here as we know it's not the property forum}

DONTtouchMUMSspecialJUICE · 18/04/2010 22:35

my 2 are all higgly piggled with being out of routine for few weeks.. finally got dd off to bed at 9.30pm. be a fight to get them up for 6am.

i do my cleaning the night before i have childfree time. staying up till silly oclock if required. then i can go and play knowing there's nothing to be done

kdk - well.. no harm in going to investigate?.. you'll find out if he's a smoker or not for sure at least

monty - yeah, things all sorted. he hasn't done the baby talk thing at all since sat.he's getting gentle instruction in how to go about handling an independant lady.

yes i do want chivalry
but not to the point where i'm treated like a child.

it's a thin line

pay for the meal (but dont dare order it!)
let me break first at pool(but i can rack the balls myself you know!)

he also assumes a bit too much which gets him in hot water. for example

other day

"i can show you how to fix microsft problems".. talking about my pc was playing silly buggers one night and crashing.

i smiled sweetly and said i am quite capable with a computer and will fix it when i get the chance.

when really.. my nicotine starved brain was thinking

"ffs - do you think i'm thick.. i can design and create an html website page from scratch(not using any of the software available these days t make it easier), and once wrote a game programme FROM FUCKING SCRATCH..... i think.. just think... that i can run a virus diagnosis"

maybe giving up smoking when just start seeing someone isn't the best idea. it really isn't his fault. he has no idea that i have any experience with computers. we had never discussed them before. but tbh.. first time he was in my house he said "wow.. i'm impressed by this set up, never had any idea you were good with tech spec"

so.. really.. he should have known.. maybe i should have just swore at him

Monty100 · 18/04/2010 22:38

ASBM - all worked out for the best for you anyway. Those days are gone . That was just it, as we pulled in a guy was getting into his car and drove off! Oh well. The other house, it was cheap as chips and fugly from the outside, but it looked quirky inside on the website, well it was quirky but tiny!! We then went round to dp's [hmph], to pick up his laptop and his neighbours were doing their front garden, they're my age and I get along with them really well. We were chatting and before you know it another neighbour joins us and brings us in to her house to show off her new extension. Awwwwwwwww migod it was beauuuutifulllll it was so gorgeous. I was coveting the big paintings on the wall, she said she bought them on ebay (I thought she'd done them herself . I will be looking on ebay! The sun was shining and the next thing the beers came out . We all had a lovely time. Didn't get home til 6pm and was in bed really early, and on a Saturday . So we've been driving around today sniffing out for sale signs. Was very interesting.

at my longest post ever I think.

Monty100 · 18/04/2010 22:41

Juice - x post. Oh dear, poor Motorola, you're doing really well with the smoking. Good on you .

DONTtouchMUMSspecialJUICE · 18/04/2010 22:42

monty - vendor was odd and rude. i went to see one for sale few doors up from me other day. is a reall shithole. not been lived in for years. single glazing still. no central heating .. only £60k thought. basically. your paying for the land and shell. whole thing needs ripped out and renewed. its massive though for 3 bed. 3 dbl(all good size doubles) bedrooms. huge bathroom(but downstairs)kitchen big enough for table, utlility and decent size living room.

was v tempted. but tbh... i think it's only worth £40k. some of walls are crumbling. electrics needs done too. estate agent showing us around agreed it should be about £40k-50k mark

asbm - nothing wrong with a bit of unfinshed business

aseriouslyblondemoment · 18/04/2010 22:45

hey mont you can charm the birds from the trees you..
maybe dp's neighbours want you to move in with him?
perhaps it's all a conspiracy lol
juicy why now for giving up the cigs?

DONTtouchMUMSspecialJUICE · 18/04/2010 22:49

motorola was giving up for a heart condition . i thought it was good time to do it. trying to save to put more of deposit for my new car too. must admit. its def easier this way. i know if i start again, so will he. he finds the same reason is why he hasn't started again either.

i'm not craving it at all.

just crabbit as sin. lungs started clearing today. which is ... um... pleasant

Monty100 · 18/04/2010 22:56

ASBM - lol the last time I saw them the girl was begging me to move in . She's well fun and we share the same birthday spooky, she's two years younger than me though, but she doesn't know that . Her dp is really nice too.

Juice - are you going to put in a cheeky offer? Would you rent somewhere while doing the work?

DONTtouchMUMSspecialJUICE · 18/04/2010 23:00

aparently they declined an offer of £51k last week. no point me offereing. i def wouldn't match that for it.

i told him if they couldn't shift it i would make an offer somewhere in the 40's and to keep me in mind

and i already rent a house few doors up from it

Monty100 · 18/04/2010 23:03

Juice - is the one you rent the one where you live or do you mean you rent it out??

aseriouslyblondemoment · 18/04/2010 23:22

juice you never know in this crap climate
and would be fab to get you back on the housing ladder

DONTtouchMUMSspecialJUICE · 18/04/2010 23:25

i live a few doors up from it. this one i rent just now i'm hoping will come up for sale soon

aseriouslyblondemoment · 18/04/2010 23:25

let's face it mont we'd all love to have you as our neighbour..!!

Monty100 · 18/04/2010 23:27

Juice - yy I fell in when I re-read. Would be a good game if you did get it.

ASBM - lolol .

Remotew · 18/04/2010 23:35

Good luck Lou, hope everything goes OK for you.

Bit of an update and sorry if I'm being self centered on this one. The laptop is in for repair so cannot keep up as I don't like using the PC much.

The reason I ranted this morning is because my phone went missing last night. Obviously I knew who had it and kept ringing but got no answer. I didn't know whether it had been stolen or a mistake. Tried ringing him and it all morning with no joy. Went for a long walk and stopped off for a couple of drinks. My mind needed clearing as I was thinking all sorts.

DD came home before me and we were both relived to find out that he had been ringing the home phone to apologise for taking it by mistake. So I got it back. I seemed to have developed a soft spot as he is currently snoozing on my sofa!!! His parents want him to go stay with them abroad so am encouraging him to go and sort himself out.

Agree he has been watching too much coogar TV.

Hope everyone else has had a good weekend and will catch up at work on Tuesday .

Monty100 · 18/04/2010 23:43

Eve - . Athletic had your phone? By mistake? I think I've missed a couple of posts.

Listen up all, we need vibes for Lou, can't think of the full name now, you know, she was going off to Australia???? She's stuck in Singapore, she's on that really long thread that's going.

ASBM - you do realise that even exh wanted me as a neighbour. ROFL . (Or was that the joke??? ).

DONTtouchMUMSspecialJUICE · 18/04/2010 23:55

there's a long thread.?? where about what flights being stranded

do you know... i have been revising for my exam on friday so much that it took me 2 days to hear about the trouble going on with volcanic ash

eve - dont you think perhaps he might have accidentally took it for a reason to let him come back? but if he's kipping on your sofa your obviously not complaining

hows dd taking to your lodger?

Remotew · 18/04/2010 23:58

Not sure which Lou you mean. But sending positive vibes, has she been on here? It's been bad for everyone affected. Glad I wasn't caught up in it all.

You haven't missed anything Monty, didn't mention it before, do think it was just a mistake in the state he was in last night. I wouldn't have got it back otherwise.

Remotew · 19/04/2010 00:01

Juice x post. I haven't seen the thread about the flights or much of the news.

DD told him off but she seems OK, it's only for tonight.

Monty100 · 19/04/2010 00:17

Hi - Its Louisonthehighwaytohell (I think she might do a name change when she's home, sorry Lou, couldn't resist it), can't quite remember the details, she met someone really nice who let her down, but she started then packing for her trip to Oz???? About a month ago maybe? Used to be Loulovesjelly or something?

Lou - if you're reading - vibes from here to get you home.

My dsis and family are in Egypt, after reading that thread I'm getting concerned for her although she texted me on Friday night saying they'd been moved to an even nicer hotel so she sounded cool at the time.

Eve - you seem like a very caring person . Glad dd understands.

Juice - you sound really swamped with college work.

LouIsOnAHighwayToHell · 19/04/2010 01:25

Thanks Monty

I think I will change my name when I get back. It is proving ominous!

You would think that there were some nice single men here. I have anice hotel room...am nicely tanned and nothing!

thesouthsbelle · 19/04/2010 07:56

just marking my spot.

nothin from farmer since y'day am. he's not been on smooch thou since b4 we met?!?

how do you girls do the soh/patient thing when you really like someone.

anyhow will be back later after work. for a proper look. roll on ogling marines ass tonight i say.

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