1 wedding, a wank bag and 52 dates. Internet dating chat thread no 2

[lubeybooby]

A new one!

title courtesy of Shiney :o

Chit chat about all things dating related here.

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I know what you meant!

Right I'm orf for a night of daft partying. Laters all :o

Have a great night Lubey

Hi all, any chance I can join in? I know I'm late to the party but it's taken me this long to get to the end of the thread(s). I've been on POF and OKC for a couple of months now, and to be honest, I've hidden my profiles and reactivated them in the hope I may actually find someone who doesn't either send a message like:

hi my name is * and i think u are really nice and i would like to get to know u xxxxx

or

Heya..Get your booty over to that send message button. Its time we got to know each other :)

How do you actually get to speak to someone normal and to the dating part?

Can I join in too? Got a date on Tuesday - not been on one since xmas

Met on POF, really nervous already as I'm a size 18/20, I have pics that show full length but always worry that they will think I am a moose

welcome girls....plenty of room here for fellow daters!

'moose'? What's with this 'moose' shit? Do you have antlers? Who are you off to meet - a rutting stag in his dreams?

And women spend all their time reassuring men that size doesn't matter?

Come on cello, repeat after me 'I am a gorgeous, glorious, warm, caring, witty, intelligent woman and any man would be lucky to have me in their life'.

Now go get 'em, girl!

I've only had the one date, with a bloke who talked about himself in the third person, sadly all the talking he did was about himself so we didn't get together again.

I just lose patience with it all, is there a knack to finding even one person with any conversation skills?

Oh shame you didn't fancy him. Bit quiet tonight, everyone must be out. Lubey is having a gay time tonight, not sure about anyone else. I've been in with a bottle of red, will be off to bed soon.

Nelly, sorry just read a little. If there is a knack it's passed me by. I have met men on the strength of them being educated, hoping that I have an interesting evening. Wrong again, some of them are just dull and I end up having to make the conversation.

hello everyone

as am being very unsuccessful in any dating at all I thought I join you
won't be boring you with my failed dates so far
I have only been dating guys off internet sites, I guess that gives most of them right to behave in strange ways... :)

Well, I think my date went really well. Chatted for hours and hours and got on really well, I had made a joke about bringing monopoly in case we had nothing to say and he turned up with 2 connect 4 scratchcards which I thought was sweet. Not sure that I fancy him as much as I thought I would but he was a pretty good kisser so there is potential . He said he wants to see me again and has already texted a couple of times.

Hi Newbies

Good point Shine not sure to be honest if its potential or settling.

Zany I think it's tricky sometimes to tell one way or the other. Maybe you need to go on another date to assess? At least you had a good evening - and a snog at the end

So today I received the following email:

'Hello Cuttie,
Wat a nice profile u ve got....How are you doing? I'ld like to get to know you.Could you pls give me the direction to your heart? Only God's creation compares to the beauty I see in you'

So pleased your date went well Zany I agree, if you like him then you should have another date with him before you write him off.

I've deleted my Cupid profile today and am thinking of deleting the smooch one too and just leaving things to fate. I'm fed up of reading much of the same old dross. It's becoming quite depressing. I might give the dating sites a miss for a while until I get bored again but it would be nice to hang out on here still, if you don't mind? I'm enjoying the thrill of your dates

So, Cuttie Hate did you reply to that charmer?

"OOh I love that profile PoppaRob I think you should give it a go smile might pinch bits of it myself"

Time you pinched the words right out of my mouth

Wrt to Smooch you do get a lot of messages to start off with then it loses momentum a bit, or that's what I found, it may be different for you. I did close my profile on there for a couple of months and when I reposted my picture and profile I found I got more messages again.

Zany, go on a second date! Time, I find it depressing sometimes.

Need advice. A friend of mine told me he had seen me on the site, he's a neighbour and someone that I know quite well. Would always speak to and have had a drink together a couple of times. I clicked on his profile and Oh dear! he need to sort it out a bit so I sent a message to tell him. He obviously read it after coming in from the pub and I got the 'why carn't we be together' reply. Nothing wrong with him but not for me. What to say??? I did say I would pop over and help him rewrite it so he can find a lovely girl, which is probs not me! Is that friendly enough?

Why is it like this, you never fancy the ones who really like you. I'm of a certain age and it's getting more unlikely I will meet someone, but we have to live in hope and just get on with it.

You can pinch the words too now Chaotic cos I've got dating site fatigue! All the messages on Smooch seemed great at first but now I get the impression of a load of leery blokes, just waiting to pounce on the new flesh, all desperate and salivating. I'm wondering if there is a shortage of women on there!

Also, I've just been told to go waste someone else's time, that I am the most boring woman on Earth and it's no wonder I am single! That's from a guy who said "Hi" on Cupid. His next message was "perhaps we should meet". Nothing in between, just that. I explained that I like to chat a little first, to see if there is any spark. Didn't hear any more from him so that was that. Then he turns up on Smooch. "Hi, why haven't we met?" So again I explain that I prefer to chat a little before committing to a meet up. Next message is THAT abusive one. And to add insult to injury the twat blocked me so I couldn't give him a piece of my mind reply! BUT, what he hadn't done was remember to block me on Cupid so, before I deleted my profile I told the boring old duffer exactly what I thought of him! No one puts TFM in the corner!!

adamschic yes, that's a friendly enough reply but prepare yourself for having to spell it out to him in plain English cos it takes some getting through sometimes. I wish I had a friend of a friend who liked me and who I liked too cos I feel like I need to see a doctor after today's doings.

time, you need to hang around. You're the voice of reason for all the young fluff female thread participants who have not yet reached adamschic's "certain age" on here. It's a bit like having a cross between Germaine Greer and Eddie Monsoon for a big sister!

adamschic, I agree completely. The chances of finding anyone, let alone The One are fucking zero statistically improbable. The ones I like see me as a toxic failure, or worse still they give me that emotional kick in the balls known as the "let's just be friends" talk. The ones that look like Camilla Parker-Bowles or Susan Boyle with all the wit and charm of Margaret Thatcher want to take me to their bosoms, dress me in sensible grown up clothes, feed me meals that have at least five colours on the plate, and generally mend me. I just want someone who lives within a half hour drive, is not especially ugly and will tolerate my set and disfunctional ways and with a smidge of luck I'll reciprocate. The odd shag or other sexual activity would be a nice little bonus.

In the meantime I had a message on FB tonight from a recovering alcoholic social worker who I had a couple of flings with spent some quality time with and she wants me to call her sometime. David Suzuki says we should reduce, reuse and recycle, and he's got a couple of PhD's so he must know what he's talking about.

Hi all! Finally back from my night out. It was hilarious and I had a female admirer. She was a very attractive woman but I really just don't swing that way these days. I used to class myself as 'heteroflexible' in my younger days but I probably only have about 2% of that left now.... the other 98% being definitely straight. So it was nice that I pulled, but she was just too well.... female! She went a bit stalker on me in the end so found myself hiding behind a plant.

Hello to NellyNoKnicks MsCellophane and happyAvocado

MsCellophane I'm a size 18. I Don't usually let it bother me much. I tend to be confident, and when it's lacking I'm good at faking it til I actually feel it. Put on your daring shoes, wear something makes you feel good and hold your head high. Confidence is very attractive, I love confident men and it comes across in volumes even if they aren't exactly gods gift.

Shiney He sounds lovely, shame the attraction isn't really there. Aww.

Zany Glad the date went well :o sounds like you definitely need another to assess things more. Goes like that sometimes.

happyAvocado yes please tell us your tales! They are never ever boring (dating stories)

adamschic Tough one, but just take a deep breath and say it, be honest... no getting out of honesty there I think with him being a neighbour. And yep definitely help him with his profile

Time :o !!!!!!!! Take NO notice of that total wankstain. You are lovely and witty and many excellent things. he is a total twat.

Awh thanks PoppaRob I think.

You going to be giving the recovering alcoholic social worker a call then? Eh? STANDARDS!!! Susan Boyles not that bad you know, now she's had that mono brow sorted, you could do worse than a looky likey who at least wants to take you to her bosom. At least it would be a bit of fresh and not a previous cast off! STANDARDS

Thank you lubey! And that is exactly what I told him too! and a few other things besides!

I'm pleased to hear that you and the plant had a great night

at Time some of them don't have the brains they were? born with

I'm another one who uses these sites for a couple of months, gets fed up with all the dross, deletes/shuts down profile then returns a few months later to have another go. I'm beginning to feel like a boomerang when it comes to dating sites

btw I've been nosey having a look at the photos on some of the profiles on here. There are some beautiful women here, those men should be queueing up at your doors :)