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If you met your partner for the first time today, would you still go out with them?

144 replies

MrAdekunleElvis · 28/04/2012 01:07

Or choose to settle down with them?

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kahlua4me · 28/04/2012 08:19

Yes. He is more gorgeous now too, my influence obviously !
I still get butterflies when he comes home or if I see him drive past!

tunnocksteacake · 28/04/2012 08:22

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BadBuddha · 28/04/2012 08:22

Yes, absolutely. Been together 12 years.

DressDownFriday · 28/04/2012 08:27

What Maryz said.

fanniadams · 28/04/2012 08:31

Yes totally, but he on the other hand would probably walk on by if he saw me in the street today :(

MrsPtoBe · 28/04/2012 08:31

Absolutely.. he was drop dead gorgeous when we met, he's bloody stunning now (some men just get hotter imo) plus he's funny, intelligent, sexy as f$&#, and I still get butterflies when I see him/when he touches or kisses me...I'm marrying him in a couple of months wheeeeee lucky me.. Grin

Rustygussets · 28/04/2012 08:36

No.

chantico · 28/04/2012 08:39

Yes, I would want to be with him.

But I'm not sure he has that 'first glance wow' factor any more. Then again, neither do I!

PJHarpy · 28/04/2012 08:41

Oh, I dont know. That's a horrible question! I dont know if I would fancy him. But I would see what a lovely bloke he is, yes.

boringnickname · 28/04/2012 08:49

Thats a really interesting question. We have been together 20 years and I love him dearly, as he loves me. We have had a rough time that lasted about 5 years, we are over it, but its not the same - but thats life isn't it, having children and debts and job worries get in the way of romance. So, id not leave my partner and i'd die for him. I believe he is my soul mate.

We have changed though, drastically from how we were - older and wider wiser. I miss the romance and that feeling of butterflies etc. So when i look at him do i see someone who i would choose as a partner?

Yes, yes i would, id do it all again - well not all of it, id do quite a few things differently but my DP is wonderful, kind and sexy and amazing in bed (of course i woudlnt know the last bit) and sometimes (i think this is due to my bad eyesight) if we are separated in the shops etc and i catch sight of him out of the corner of my eye, before the message gets to my brain, "oh, its you" i think "phwoooarrr hes a bit of alright" Grin

I wouldn't want to ask the same Q though as im not so sure i'd like the answer :( I don't recognise myself compared to the person i used to be and i often wonder how people recognise me in the street (im not sure thts normal ti feel like that, but thts another thread)

Fuctifano · 28/04/2012 08:50

Yes. My DM did say he'd be a very handsome man and she was right. He is very young looking for his age(38) and has been mistaken for DD1's (aged 14) boyfriend and gets ID'd in Tesco and other places with an over 25 policy.

I have aged at a more normal rate so I guess people take me for a cougar.
On a less superficial level he is a very hard working man devoted to me and our 4 DDs and importantly whose company I really enjoy.

I do wonder if that question was put to him what he'd reply.

Changethatbulb · 28/04/2012 08:50

Not a fucking hope in hell. I realised 3 months into marriage I'd made a massive mistake. Took me 12 years to get out of that one. Plus he's fugly, I just didn't realise at the time.

No, no, no. Noooooooooooo.

ModreB · 28/04/2012 08:52

Yes without question. We have been together 26 years, married 24.

This is a text I sent him when he was out last night "Just listening to Sinatra singing When SomeBody Loves You. It just sums up how I feel about you" He replied "AAAHHH love you too."

BuckBuckMcFate · 28/04/2012 08:54

Yes yes yes!

boringnickname · 28/04/2012 08:57

ModreB - but lovely Envy

dawntigga · 28/04/2012 08:58

Yes.

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DonInKillerHeels · 28/04/2012 08:59

Oh yes. He's dead sexy.

Lueji · 28/04/2012 09:02

Good question.

In the same circumstances I think I'd still start dating, but would drop fairly quickly.

Yama · 28/04/2012 09:03

Yes.

MrsPtoBe · 28/04/2012 09:05

Mine is one of those who gets ridiculous amounts of attention when we're out together and doesnt even realise it. A couple of weeks back we were at dinner for my bday and the waitress flitted around all night, giving him the googly eyes.. he didn't even notice. when we left I looked back at the restaurant and she was actually at the window watching us leave!! He didn't believe me when I told him. Sooo.. I'm gonna say if we did meet all over again he'd still pick me Grin

tumbletumble · 28/04/2012 09:08

Yes. We've been together 15 years (almost to the day!).

sassytheFIRST · 28/04/2012 09:09

Yes absolutely. He is fitter than he was aged 18, more self-assured and a much better earner than he looked like being at the time.

Whether he'd still pick me...not so sure. I haven't aged as well.

perplexedpirate · 28/04/2012 09:09

Yes. He's even hotter now than when we met (as someone upthread said, I think that's my influence).
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seabuckthorn · 28/04/2012 09:10

Oh yes! I would have been sterner with him though.

sassytheFIRST · 28/04/2012 09:11

Coming up to 20 years together.

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