Dating thread 15! cock-cages, hopeful pensioners the occasional glorious success!

[Snapespeare]

apologies for title, I am bereft of ideas as the sodding times 'kindly' edited my profile for me.

Hello All,

Can I join you again, after 6 months dating, my Internet date really wasn't for me, we matched very well on paper but not in real life! So back to the drawing board seriously wonders if I'll ever find mr right

I'm back. Think I may have died a little on the inside. Texting a lad that I met today. Then a mate texts inviting me to a Ann summer's party tomorrow.

I reply saying basically i won't have clue what's going on as its been that long for me and won't have a clue what things are or what to do any more. Then said ill get pissed and buy my self many treats while there.

Only it didn't send to my friend. No, smart phone had better idea and sent it to the man I've been talking too! I didn't realise till went to text him and saw the message.

at hoops. Welcome! :)

time the sexual explicitness is a bit duff,but being called 'princess' is vomit inducing. (i am now going to call everyone 'princess'

SP. :). You need to brazen that one out (princess...) send him another text with lots of blushing!

Here we go, some good advice www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2153424/BEL-MOONEY-Im-40-single-Why-dont-men-I-like-fancy-me.html

Love from Princess

SP. o no. But funny. Has he text you back? He's probably secretly delighted!

Snape- are you throwing water over many hotties this weekend?

I think - attached is ok. A normal hippy is ok.

Mrs C - do you still see your fwb and how do,you get from message to date? I struggle with that bit.

So, out of the blue Ive had 2 messages from seemingly normal people of pof. We will see.

I'm now paranoid about appearing old after my friends remarks. My male,
Platonic friend asked if I wanted to go to Paris next weekend but I can't afford it and it's a break he was meant to go with his ex so I think his mind wouldn't be in the right place anyway.

I have put a profile on OKcupid, had a few messages, we shall see what happens

After reading that I can't help thinking someone has been reading these threads and come up with that letter based on contributions made by several, if not all, of us Then again maybe I'm been paranoid/cynical because it's the Daily Fail.

Hoops welcome :)

SP Oops

Princesstime - how did you manage to hold yourself from such a catch???

Sunshine, yes I still see him. Not as much as before but around once a month. Both been a bit busy. To go from message to date... after a few emails I either give them my number - which they either use or don't, or I ask them for a daytime drink - which they either agree to or make excuses. Sometimes they get there first. So far my technique is working but my profile is still set to IE so I'm sure that makes a huge difference

I think the frustrations about online dating are a constant theme in these threads, but the woman writing to the agony aunt (who may well be fictional or an amalgamation) is apparently looking for a life partner..the whole shebang.

Quite a few of those who've followed or contributed here are rather cynical about the benefits of full time commitment and just want a bit of fun...well thats my position anyway.

The dailyfail supplicant should have a gander at the relationship board on MN, she may well be disabused of her notions about the desirability of family life

Last two water-throwings today. (oh! Mr DARcy!)

Will be nice though, flatmate & PM coming to the show, my jubilee celebrations will involve rum, a doctor who marathon and PM in a heap on my sofa. :)

It was very difficult MsC, but when I looked at his pic the thought of him doing 'those things' to me, turned my stomach!! I can't imagine half of the men I attract ever having the opportunity to have sex, seriously! I'm a lot bit insulted he thought I would have sex with him!!

I did wonder if we had a 'writer' in our midst Chaotic .

I totally agree there Mercury, the relationship threads seem to be getting worse lately. Reading them makes me sooooo glad to be single! But the relief leads to eating chocolate too for some reason.

Time I agree, I am regularly messaged by men who are several leagues beneath me in the looks dept.
yes I know that sounds horribly conceited, bear with me, I am reasonably attractive and in good nick for my age, these men are ugly and have let themselves go.

Chocolate is packed full of antioxidants and other mysterious and wonderful health giving substances :o

I may have mentioned this before, but am to admit my Ex (the lovely one I was with after the Evil one) used to call me his Princess.

Worse still I actually liked it

Sounds perfect Snape!

My jubilee celebrations involve me, a bottle of pear cider and a tube of Pringles.

So many married men on POF, wanting 'fun times'. Why oh why can't they invest the time in making fun times with their wives instead of women on a dating site.

I dont think there's anything inherently wrong with 'princess' but using a pet name when you dont even know someone seems presumptuous

Mercury I am totally with you there! I was discussing with watch as to why there are so many lovely, attractive women out and about but very few attractive men. The conclusion we came to is that the men left the women and ate pies and drank beer while the women flourished in their freedom and invested in themselves more wisely! But I am getting very pissed off offended at the number of fuglies in my inbox. I am more worthy!

Sponge I wouldn't mind my partner calling me Princess but some geezer off the internet, posing in a vest with his big fat gut hanging out, promising to 'do me hard', nah, doesn't do it for me.

Mercury...absolutely. I am not usually a fan of pet names in any event but there is something particularly stomach churning about initial messages peperred with babes and huns Both of which I loathe!

The lovely Ex was so lovely though that I wouldn't have cared what pet name he called me :)

Time, I suppose it's that whole grass is greener thing. Or that men are (mostly) just a bit crap. Or both!

Actually I don't know what's worse.

The ones who hit you with a initial, utterly unsuitable message - at least then you can instantly delete and block them

or

The ones who seem ok at first, bit of chitchat then just when you think they might be (half) normal send you a load of filth or a cock pic.

If the future of the human race depended on the male offerings on dating sites I think mankind would be doomed

It sickens me a bit though Sponge, that while their wives are at home unaware, they, the men, have this whole different life going on. It's enough to put me off men completely! Almost.

My ex used to call me Orville, after the duck. I'm not a puce shade of green, I don't wear a bib and I can talk and move for myself without someone's hand up my bum so I can only imagine he thought it a suitably derogatory name to call me. Oh how I long to be called Princess..........................

I guess women tend to take better care of their health, and are more likely to be in the habit of 'good grooming' ?

Do men think that we dont care about whether they are attractive or have taken care of themselves?

perhaps they think that only women are judged/evaluated in terms of their appearance?

wealth may carry more weight than looks if you are looking for a husband/provider to have a family with

but if you're just looking for sex..well if he aint got sex appeal he aint got nuthin'

As for the married men looking for fun times...I'm inclined doubt that many of them actually get lucky?

I get more offended by the ones who start off nice and then start talking dirty. I feel 'groomed', like they know exactly what they are doing to reel me in.

I've just had a message telling me off for not replying to a message he sent me three days ago. He wants to know if I keep them for a bit hoping they will increase in value. I've sent him a very fitting message before blocking him. But those kind piss me off too.

bit of chitchat then just when you think they might be (half) normal send you a load of filth or a cock pic.

he knows there's no way he'll ever get to have actual real life flesh on flesh contact with you so he take the opportunity to use you for online jerk off material

I think men avoid mirrors as they get older, and so avoid the truth. "I wear the same size trouser as I did when I was 20". Yes, but then they were belted around your waist and not underneath a 42" gut!

My standard reply for those kind of messages is "I will not be used as wank fodder" and then I hit block.