Huffy, illiterate men, scared of peas, it's a weird, weird dating world (No22)

[ChaoticismyLife]

Oh, watch...you mentioned flowers

Tell us more...

And I'm not surprised by the FWB thing. I'm really not. I used to try that all the time when I was younger, and could never manage it. I think the men want the monopoly of being in control of when they dish out the affection, when the commitment, when the sex, etc...The thought of a woman calling the shots would have them running for the hills.

(bitter caaaah).

*Meanwhile he's jumping through hoops..
Sorting his own transport, paying for stuff, offering to do my hoovering and washing, and dog walking.... And trailing after me like a puppy.
*

'interesting' things can happen when the person who thought they could call the shots suddenly finds they cant.

It's a very vulnerable position to be in...if the person was unkind and took advantage when they were in control, well, it's gonna be payback time when the tables are turned

Yoga, yeah, long distance, never again. 60 miles is as the crow flies And takes me into London. Realistically, Seeing as I'm childfree only every other weekend, no relationship is stubstainable in those circumstances.

I'm in a fairly affluent area... But still noone on it, same as okc. Etc, etc.

Stubborn, weird, isn't it. You wouid expect they wouid jump at the chance.

I loved GS, met lovely men there, professional, courteous, no cock shots. :)

Right, I have a plan with regard to PM. It extends my cut off deadline by another couple of weeks, but I'd already arbitrarily extended it to the lesbian ball. So another couple of weeks shouldn't hurt too much, right? It's his birthday towards the end of October. I've bought a tiny wee moleskin watercolour notebook. I'm going to fill it with drawings and transcribe (beautifully calligraphified) poems and quotes that mean something to him. I will leave the last page until last and then depending on how big a fucking chicken I am, I'll somehow find some form of words to say how I really feel - or if I'm feeling spectacularly chicken, I'll draw a comedy spunking knob. Started tonight with tiny wee watercolour of Matt smith. If nothing else and I shite it & buy him a bottle of whisks instead, then I can look back at this little notebook & know how it felt to hold my heart in my hands.

You'll all love this and think it terribly romantic. Pm will be SO spectacularly dense as to still not get it.

whisks! = whisky*. Although do remind me to tell you what the prof wanted to do with an egg whisk....

Oh God Snapes that's lovely....

.....you have tried both getting really pissed and jumping on him, yes?

(the classic British pair bonding technique )

Getting pissed and jumping on him clumsily propositioning him... oh yes. It was a while ago mind you...

Awwwwww. That is too sweet. Truely.
I dobt even kniw dr who, is there some kind of mildly similar situation you coyid quote, or huge great love affair?

The beard is now ' itching to meet you, asap'

Oh bum, sorry, missed that bit Snapes

Better go scratch that itchy beard then snail....

snape i think that is the most fabulous and romantic thing I have ever heard.

What with that and seeing the Google Chrome & John Lewis adverts earlier, I am feeling all teary, but in a happy, oh how lovely way :)

I am not convinced about GS by the way. I've had a profile on there in the past (just the free part) but the only men who 'liked' me were 50+ ageing lotharios. And I didn't see anyone on there I found even vaguely attractive...I might consider it, if I ever go back to OD, but I'd need to see at least one man I could bring myself to date on there first!

Itchy beard! I like mr beard! Yo ho! Ahoy, etc. :-)

Well, it's the doctor and river I guess... I'll have a good look through some quotes, although PM being spectacularly dense would mean I'd basically have to go, 'Look, You're awesome, I've been in love with you for the last three years, anyone else I've dated has been some kind of attempted distraction, it hasn't really worked, can we please have sex now, because I can't actually think about anyone else.'

Alternatively, 'get your pants off you idiot, you've pulled' ....

Yep, lots of pirate puns. I like it.

Snape, how could he ignore something So personal, intimate and special as that? He couldnt, it would be impossible.

Avast behind?! (cheeky!)

Oh Snape, I'd fall instantly in love with someone who did that for me.

The book thing, not someone avasting my behind.

Snape that is a beautiful idea for a gift. The last page should be reserved for some heartfelt and thoughtful words. Some serious love stuff damitt!

It's truly lovely Snape. Will you allude to the 'I go to sleep with my hand on your heart' anywhere?
Had a chat with man from pof on phone earlier. Withheld my number. Good job as he turned out to be a perv. Starts off by saying he was on his own and he liked my pictures. Then said he was highly sexed and asked if I was. I said I wasn't. All he talked about in the 2 minutes was sex. I put the phone down and deleted.
It's so off putting.

Sponge. You seem so much more upbeat and chipper already.

serious love stuff?! You mean I won't be able to shrug it off as a joke if he isn't thrilled? :p. Just as well I have a wee while to think about this.

Fuck knows what I'd come up with as a marriage proposal!

Snape!
[melts]
[considers becoming a lezza]
That is Just Lovely. I have a Thing about notebooks.
I forgot I joined Perfect Partners...i hadnt logged in for a while. Dear God. One new message from weirdo who had already messaged me saying he'd certainly make me breakfast in bed. I didnt reply. The latest one said "When are we getting married"
Last straw. Profile deleted.

Getting pissed and jumping on him clumsily propositioning him... oh yes. It was a while ago mind you...

Is that the time when he rejected you?

It might have been because you were drunk and he may have thought it was the booze talking.
Or have you had any other chat about it?

Good point Lueji
We need to know more about the circumstances surrounding this historic event.

I had a pic in my inbox this morning from the Frenchman...

Of a cup of coffee, a muffin and some swiss chocolate!

I want the Frenchman!! (Or maybe just his muffins) . . .

I like the frenchman! :)

ok, 1st instance - just after we had initially met, we went out for some beer, he stated without provocation, 'we won't be sleeping together...'

2nd instance - around two years ago, the night before i moved into my flat, I stayed at his (2 streets away) we were very VERY drunk, it was three o' clock in the morning, we were sitting facing each other with my legs over his thighs I said, 'umm awkward thing, i think I have feelings for you...' he laughed, i changed the subject.

3rd and final instance - we fell out briefly last January - he had said, 'if you didnt have the children, we'd probably be a couple by now.' I ignored him for two weeks until flatmates birthday party, then decided that was an appropriate time and place to have a discussion about it - he denied saying it. I stormed off to bed. we made up the next day.

so, you can appreciate that I dont especially want to set myself up for even more rejection. He has told me. repeatedly, that he isnt interested in me 'in that way.' Still I stumble on. idiot-me.