totally get sponges pov - no-one I have ever had butterfly-tummy for, where when you see them the first time, you just feel absolutely FULL of lust (!) has ever ever liked me back. that includes DCs dad, who is OK looking 
if you squint...and my subsequent LTR was with a gnome (but lovely bloke, really) sponge, just bloody well ask out doors-man, if you do nothing you'll always wonder what might of happened if you did annd if it goes no-where, then at least you know.
watch yay! for 'lowered standards'! 
no news from me - times encounters has dried up, I half heartedly log on once a day as I firmly believe some people search by 'last online' the chap I was vaguely interested in and sent a message to, who then auto-messaged me back hasn't paid a subscription, so hasn't contcated me properly - I reason he must have been paid around a bout the end of the month, so I'm going to keep it going until just after the bank holiday and then flounce - then I will be firmly back on the sofa next to time egging you all on whilst doing stuff all about my own sex life...
...which leads nicely to PM - I eventually asked him to the theatre, he's really skint and feeling a bit 'guilty' about people always buying him stuff (he was staying with an old friend by the coast for the last week and a half, so has been fed and watered boozed) so declined (couldn't afford travel) so I went with my oldest friend from primary school, show was great, we had an absolute ball and then stayed in the really lovely, very posh giant bed! by myself - didnt sleep well. :(
still, he's coming to my play tomorrow night - me and my lovely flatmate (he's still single, ladies) are forcing him to come out and let us buy him drinks etc.. shall lure him to mine over jubilee -while kids are away with grandparents--