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Fuck Him and his Barbour - dating chat 10

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watchoutforthatsnail · 16/03/2012 10:00

New thread - you know what to do :)

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watchoutforthatsnail · 04/04/2012 12:43

hmm, i dont know, you will get alot more than sixty messages a day, possibly from a wider demographic...

and dont even bother with a pic, load one up, keep it hidden, then just send it to those you are interested in.

would be worth doing, if even jus tco compare the ' no strings' website, to the pof IE.

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Snapespeare · 04/04/2012 12:51

just strolling by with no news from me (other than i won a wopping great selfridges voucher yesterday and don't want to tell everyone IRL, should they think i'll buy them something, I won't all for me (& the DCs) )

SO glad MLMs date went well :) waiting for full report-back from watch :)

TheSinglePringle · 04/04/2012 12:57

Has internet dating ever worked out for anyone?

lovesineffable · 04/04/2012 13:09

depends what ya mean by 'worked' :p

watchoutforthatsnail · 04/04/2012 13:18

lol, yes, depends what you mean by ' worked'

if you mean, it gets you ' dating' as its a 'dating website' then yes, it works, and is sucessful in that.

if you mean does anyone find a relationship, well, i think a few lucky ones do...

snape!!! wow, what are you going to spend it on?

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TheSinglePringle · 04/04/2012 13:18

Have people managed to get at least a good night from it Grin

Snapespeare · 04/04/2012 13:20

ipad for me! :) and re-stocking perfume and make up. not going to squander it on vivienne westwood overpriced tat. might get DD a pandora bracelet or similar...

watchoutforthatsnail · 04/04/2012 13:24

my goodness, you did win alot, fucking fantastic, squander it well :)

single - ive had many, many good nights from it. Many awful ones too, lol

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PostBellumBugsy · 04/04/2012 13:32

Single, I've had some good nights with it (some of them all night long too Wink)!

I've also had some DIRE evenings!

I've had two shortish (couple of months) relationships through it too.

Congrats Snape - happy shopping in Selfridges, you lucky, lucky thing.

notsurewhyohwhy · 04/04/2012 16:07

Hi everyone,

I thought I would pop over for some advice.

I have been on POF, found only one guy i like so far, i gave him my number and we have been texting alot, also added him on fb so this time know he looks the same as his picture (previously went on date and guy looked 10years older then pic). So he is very good looking, a fireman, also has 1 dc so thought all seems good.

We arranged to meet over easter bank holiday for drinks in a certain location which will take me about 15 mins to get to (central london) he is from just outside london so will take him longer, he was fine about the location.

Then he asked me to meet him monday night just gone, I said yes. Then on monday started saying he has a early start the next day and seemed like he wanted me to travel right to his area. I didnt feel this was fair as I would then have to get a train to central london and a tube to meet him in a location closer to him and he would only have to get one train.

I wouldnt mind if I knew him or we wernt going for drinks, but i dont really fancy travelling back thought the tube and train late at night alone after drinks Hmm

Anyway in the text conversation he started saying 'well its a long way to travel and we might not even get on' in the end we said we would meet another day when he doesnt have an early start.

But after that I'm not sure if i can be bothered with him. I'm not sure if any of this is making sense, but I would have thought that any decent guy would consider the fact that i am a woman travelling alone at night and it would be quite gentlemanly to come to the location that we had agreed??

I went on a date before and the guy lived just out of london and he suggested central london to me and i said yes Confused then when the date ended walked me to my train stop like a gentle man and also text me on the way home to see that i got home ok.

lovesineffable · 04/04/2012 16:13

it makes plenty of sense notsure that would make me Hmm, especially as he is going back on what he initially agreed on.
I tend to stick to local to me and daytime for first meetings

Sunshinedelacruz · 04/04/2012 16:15

Notsure. Just stick to your guns. He's not going to travel far or put himself out. He is already thinking about convenience IMO.

Sunshinedelacruz · 04/04/2012 16:16

Loves, have you done the ie experiment yet?

notsurewhyohwhy · 04/04/2012 16:23

well i'm glad you have agreed with me Smile i did consider if i was being unfair by suggesting somewhere that is about 15mins closer to me and one less train.

since then he has text me and i have replied but i'm not feeling as chatty. do you think i should still meet with him at the location we orginally agreed which is closer to me?

he is very good looking and i am quite fussy, but he has put me off abit now Sad

lovesineffable · 04/04/2012 16:35

not yet sunshine...I'm not sure if I can be arsed with dating, I mean I'm waiting for some sort of urge but nothing is coming Confused
I may just be all dated out Grin

lovesineffable · 04/04/2012 16:38

I think I'd be a bit cool and unresponsive notsure, just so he understands who is doing whom a favour here (ie you are doing him a big favour by deigning to give up one second of your precious time for a mere man Grin Wink )

reel him in slowly and get everything on your terms (thats what I'd have done if I wasnt such a twit )

Sunshinedelacruz · 04/04/2012 16:40

I know what you mean. It gets to something when faced with dating, coronation street and a bath seems like a better option. I'm just so jaded with the amount of emotional disability there is around.

MyLittleMiracle · 04/04/2012 16:41

The house is great and i MIGHT see him again, maybe tonight, he has text to ask, but i sort of have a nother possible as well for tonight.....soo ermmm not sure, who do i fancy more?? Both have good bodies, so that doesnt help.

Congrats snape sounds like fun! So not sure or i might just enjoy a nice early night to my memory foam mattress, ahhhhh wonderful and it didnt cos the earth either, i got it off Zleeps.co.uk and it was only 165pounds! And next day delivery (ordered it monday got it yesterday)

As for internet dating working, well yes i suppose, people get good times and fun from it. My first date is coming over at some point to see my place etc!

notsurewhyohwhy · 04/04/2012 16:47

lovesin - what do you mean if you wasn't such a twit? has something similar happened to you?

wel i think i am a bit cooler anyway as he annoyed me, and i had to stay home alone as i had already told dd she could stay at my mums house. what a waste of a free night...

so what sites are you all on? I have joined cupid and POF.

MyLittleMiracle · 04/04/2012 16:47

I am enjoying keeping my options open and acting very single in public, especially in front of any nice looking young chaps! Apparently according to my best mate, i now have a glow in my cheeks!! So we are going to have a good gossip when we get together, which for me is more exciting than a date!

lovesineffable · 04/04/2012 16:49

lol @ sunshine.
I just feel so unwilling to give up any of my time for anything less than very good sex,
conversation? drinks? meals? I aint interested, in fact fuck off, I have too many books to read to bother with any of that old crap Grin

lovesineffable · 04/04/2012 16:54

and yes I am absolutely HORRID Grin Blush

MyLittleMiracle · 04/04/2012 16:54

I am on oasis as well, but both the chaps so far i have met are off POF, but then again i am not sure where some of the others are from any more.....its getting too confusing and i have to with the same name!

But i am (naughtily) enjoying the attention and the flirting! Is that so cruel after all? I mean i am not promising them anything!

notsurewhyohwhy · 04/04/2012 17:05

lovesin - i agree, i am looking for exactly the same Smile

mylittle - is oasis free? i might try it Wink i think its a good thing to enjoy attention and while you are finding out if you like any of them, i plan to do the same Smile

so do you only meet up with people that you think you will fancy by looking at their pictures?

the first guy i met from cupid was lovely but i really didnt fancy him, i met him because i liked his profile and when i was speaking to him and messaging him he seemed 'nice'. but i want someone sexy and nice is that impossible?

MyLittleMiracle · 04/04/2012 17:08

Its not impossible, if they are completely not my type then i dont bother but if they sort of are then i do. Oasis is free, and I have added ONE chap to my FB, yes i have one now! Does anyone else want to add me? PLEASE?

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