The Dating Thread - Part 12. How NOT to lose the will to live. Sense of humour essential!

[TimeForMeAndDD]

Good morning everyone! Had to start a new thread as the old one is no longer receiving posts.

Fill yer boots!

At least it'd be something pretty to look at... Great, i'm now shallow. Aah well... :).

I think the weirdest message I got was this one...

Dont know if you re interested in non UK born men so im writing to you anyway. Im currently at the States for business as usual. Gone thru your profile. Just a quick glance. Got a friend much much younger, Greek too, 45, newcomer here. Kinda suit somehow yet im not sure but you two seem alike to from the little i read. Let me know if. Hope i didnt bother. Cheers

I suppose it was polite at least

cough. I have a date.

cough!.

It really was that easy. Blimey.

When snape dates gulp, can't wait for just friends to come over agaib, and see what happens.

Fantastic Snape. Swift! Details please. Lol.
Im trying to line up something but I'm just still stuck with lovetolickyou. Ugh. Ugh.

Cheers for snape!! Who is it, looks good?

Who is the date with snape? details please?

Woo Hoo! Brilliant Snape! So, when is your date??

44 year old on okc, dark hair, beard (scruff!) Local but not too local, profile is sweet, pics ate yummy. I will reveal user name if you would like to inbox a polite request (dont want to put in publicly, mn is my sanctuary!

No firm date set, first week in May, we're both busy this week. Conversation basically went
Me: I seldom initiate contact on this 'thing' (it kinda terrifies me!) But I really liked your profile & pics, I think we would get on famously'

Him: yup! I agree, I'm too busy to think about getting together this week, but if you're game, let's check in & get together for a drink?'

I've pulled. Fab. Blimey. (will believe it when it happens, but yay! He isn't a potato. )

Brilliant! And I like your 'pick up' line too, I may steal it

You're very welcome to use it. :)

It appears to work!

I normally start by flattering their egos, with a hello, I am probably not your normal type, cos your way out of ny league, but wondered if you fancied a chat, (they never are out of my league,well maybe a couple of dozen )

Well done Snape nice pick-up line as well

I appear to now have a date on Tuesday night with a guy from OKC. Not my usual type looks wise (he isn't a pretty boy, and I loves a pretty boy me) but he looks quite handsome, and his mails are amusing. Possibly short, he claims to be 5, 9 so bet he's smaller than that. But I'm not fussed on guys been tall anyway.

Plus he's a cameraman, and I'm trying to get into extra work for film/TV. He might be able to give me some handy hints.

c'mon surely women dont need pick up lines, pulling is easy, most men who use internet dating struggle to get women to agree to meet them.
As for making out I think he's out of my league, no way, keep him on the back foot never let him think he's doing you a favour.

Most men are jerks, ok for a bit of light entertainment but I'd hate to give the impression that I actually needed one

I need no one, I am a strong independent woman, who has taken back control.

Mr Nice emailed back :) Says he is still smiling. Think we will see each other again soon (why is it that having had loads of child free time recently I now have very little of it and someone I would like to spend time with?)

Agree. I would never say anyone is 'out of my league'... I might occasionally think it (really, I wasn't ever going to fuck date a 22 year old) but I'd never say it. I'm amazingly brilliant & anyone I deign to contact is very lucky indeed (not that I believe in luck)

Right, I'm off to search for a back up plan. Enough of this unrequited wisping around, it's getting tedious... :)

Cos that's the way it works. I seem to keep getting asked out and chatted up now. Maybe I exude confidence for a change. I have certainly found my old sexy self. Ooh this girl is back. And loving it!!!

As per snape I may think it but wouldnt say it, and would cringe if someone said it to me,
then again internet dating is often just a series of cringes, I'm cringed out really

hows this for bad spelling:

'may i say you have a grate boddy mmmm well im patrick im 43 im single green eyes short hair im 6ft 2 dont drink or smoke i live in i can acc i like walkes on the beech running x if youd lik a meet that would be nice x and some fun x'

he looks bloody rough for 43

not very good sentence construction (tautology) but is this also a backhanded compliment?

'I don't go for older women as a rule of thumb generally but you look younger than your are! :-)'

Hello Ladies

Hope it is ok if I join you?

I am not really qualified to join a "dating" thread but am hoping you can help me as you seem to be a successful bunch in terms of dating!

After five years of hard core singleness I finally took the scary step of joining an online dating site.

two weeks in and I feel very deflated as am having no luck whatsoever.

Any tips greatly appreciated.

Tip 1 join as many free ones as possible, the greater the audience, the greater the chance

1. Email them first.
2. Expect them to turn out to be arses.
3. Enjoy. There are some good ones out there.

gilmoregirl hello!

Dont be disheartened! We all seem to have peaks and troughs...& the are some very strange people in internet dating land (not us, we're all lovely!). Just to add to MLM, be prepared for plenty of frogs, don't put all your eggs in one basket, weigh up your ideal time of contact before meeting (too long & you like them and build up some ridiculous idea based on the written word and some texts/ phonecalls and they turn out to be a hobbit) it is rare for people to put their true height/age, so compensate for that and most importantly, dont lose sight of your red flags, dont lower your standards.

It can be nerve wracking! But hopefully fun. :)