As the name suggests, I am sadly (but not that sadly) doing a shiney penguin....

[sadlydoingshineypenguins]

Quick potted history. With boyfriend 9 months. Not that serious but we had had the exclusive talk. Met on a dating site.

About a month ago had a feeling something wasn't right. Few nights he was supposed to be here and cancelled for dopey reasons that set my spidey sense tingling.

Looked on the dating site and lo and beholdy there is was, active, having logged in in the last 24 hours.

But I am not as stupid as he thinks I am.

I set up a profile called thisblokeliesandcheats (it's been taken down) with all his details except photo and spelled out what he'd done (thanks whoever that was who suggested that one) and I will probably do it again

At this point he's said he's coming here Thursday night to stop for the weekend (he doesn't work Friday)

BUT he has also arranged to meet "Anna" off the dating site at a lovely new restaurant for lunch on the Friday about an hour away from here (half an hour from his house)

Obviously, I am Anna.

So, how long do I keep this going. My teeth are itching I want to tell him so much

Am also a little upset, but I had nothing invested in the relationship, so my pride has taken a hit and I feel a bit of a mug but other than that am grand.

I've just spent the whole afternoon ignoring the DCs and reading this.

OP I salute you

Well folks I am back and he is D-U-M-P-E-D

Was out at my friend's house "where are you am here"

"out"

"Are you ok sweetheart?"

"There's no nice way to say this and I know text isn't the best way to do this but I haven't been feeling right about our relationship for a few weeks. I used the time with XXX to talk it over with her last night. You know that I won't settle for anything less than the best and you're not it. It's over"

(he hates that women talk to their friends about relationships so that bit was just to get up his nose)

we need to talk about this

No we don't I've made my mind up. It's over

We really should talk this over face to face

No we shouldn't I've made my mind up. It's over.

And so I wait for him to arrive at the door with flowers or somesuch shite. Friend is coming round again and we will be sitting in the garden drinking wine and he can get himself, as someone said, a ticket to the far side of fuck.

And BTW I will say it again, I love you all, the support has been immense, I couldn't have done it without you all. The fact that you all took time out of your days to support and cheer on a random irishwoman you have never met means the world to me.

Well done!

Hurrah! Well done you.

As an aside - is the weather nice enough to sit out in the garden in Ireland?

hurrah!well done!you deserve huge glass,infact bottles of wine!

Just checked in

How absolutely fab!

Good girl yourself, Sadly!

Looking forward to the next update.

Here's to you Sadly

BTW I don't think for one second he'll accept text dumping after all this time - I fully expect him to turn up here and have been practicing my "It's over. I don't do anything less than the best and you're not it. Goodbye. Have a happy life" line.

Bloody well done you. Have a drink

Well done, head held high the only way to go.

The sun is out. The Chiminea will be getting lit and I will be sitting outside and raising a glass of to the sadly departed Anna. She will be missed.

Well done.....fantastic thread hun

Sadly, you feckin' rock! Well done that woman!!! :o

Excellent!

B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T-!

you are such a star! How not to be a victim and take control!

I did like (if I'm allowed to say this since it's about myself but) I did like the

"only the best and you're not it"

you miserable wankstain bellend old minger

Someone please start a Friday night drunk thread

Go sadly! Btw if he comes back and asks for more explanation tell him you feel he's old before his time and is dragging you into middle age. As a final insult tell him he's let himself go and you are looking for an equal not someone who is prematurely old and flabby. That will be another blow to his ego after a told him he was a minger

Whoop whoop! Well done Sadly! The hard bit will be seeing him. Resist the urge to twat him on the nose and repeat ad infinatum "It's over. I don't do anything less than the best and you're not it."

Is the friend the one whose photo you used for Anna?

Ust read this in one go. You rock big time.