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Red shoes, charming lesbians and pirates with taste...Dating Thread 24

999 replies

ChaoticismyLife · 15/10/2012 16:36

It's the best I could come up with Grin

As you were...

OP posts:
Yogagirl17 · 23/10/2012 08:55

Morning all. Good luck Watch. Good luck Snape, you are strong and awesome, just go for it!! Lay all your cards and naked body on the table. In the words of the equally awesome Janis Joplin, "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."

Yogagirl17 · 23/10/2012 08:56

DON'T GOOGLE. ANYTHING. EVER.

Yogagirl17 · 23/10/2012 08:57

Oh and I'm pretty sure he meant to say "all manner of MICE things" Wink

hatesponge · 23/10/2012 08:58

Good luck for today watch :)

snapespeare · 23/10/2012 09:09

She has an annoying voice.

I don't like her.

Sad
Yogagirl17 · 23/10/2012 09:25

Snape - who? Janis Joplin or the tart?

snapespeare · 23/10/2012 09:35

No, I love Janis!

Now, we can't call her 'the tart', can we? Presuming she's single and he's single Hmm then they're adults who may or may not have spent an appreciable part of the weekend swapping bodily fluids, entangled in sweaty sheets.

So 'tart' is unfair. We shall stick to 'new girl' annoying voice though. And her teeth are too white

Yogagirl17 · 23/10/2012 09:39

Who says we need to be fair? You know the saying, All's fair in love and hat wars!

But ok, if you insist, just annoying new girl then

Yogagirl17 · 23/10/2012 09:44

How do You know what she hounds like?

snapespeare · 23/10/2012 09:50

'Hounds'?!?!

Are you implying she's a bit of a dog?! Wink

YouTube. Show reel. She acts/presents. He'll be impressed by that. She acts/presents, is as tall as me, but considerably thinner and is not covered in stretch marks and general sagginess.

Is it too early for a gin?

DoingItForMyself · 23/10/2012 10:08

Snape, the connection you have with him is stronger than the memory of some teenage romance and some pearly white teeth.

I've been a bit quiet on here of late now that I'm not actively ODing but I'm still following it all with interest and wishing you luck for tonight! x

SweetSeraphim · 23/10/2012 10:09

Snape, there is no competition. Simple as. What you've done for him, if he loves you, will totally sweep him off his feet. I'm so nervous for you today!

MadameOvary · 23/10/2012 10:11

Acts/presents? Oh good. Sounds like a brainless attention seeking mememememe type. There's lots of them about.
Will she have spent weeks on an absolutely beautiful work of art that expresses her deepest, most sincere feelings? Nope, didn't think so.
Whatever happens, as you said, you need to do this. We are here to hold your hand.

snapespeare · 23/10/2012 10:23

Oh for FUCKS SAKE, I have now found her singing, 'man! I feel like a woman'.

I feel very bitchy. I don't like that about myself.

Yogagirl17 · 23/10/2012 10:36

That's ok I am happy to be bitchy for you. 'man I feel like a woman'? How cliche. Sigh... I feel sorry for her really Wink

Ok serious question. Am STILL waiting to hear about this bloody job! Not the One from yesterday, the other one. I REALLY want it but I also REALLY need something - anything - soon or I am in trouble. Been communicating via recruiter. Emailed her twice last week to which she replied sorry am doing my best to get in touch. How much of a pest can I be or do I just have to wait it out?

lubeybooby · 23/10/2012 10:37

Checking in for hand holding.

Snape, IF anything is going on, he won't last two minutes with some vacuous tart new girl who sings Shania Twain songs. No siree.

DoingItForMyself · 23/10/2012 10:38

Pester Yoga - its your future at stake and looking keen can't hurt!

snapespeare · 23/10/2012 10:38

she's a bit orange. And has big thighs

I think you need to wait it out yoga. Although if you're pestering recruiter rather than actual job holder, that's not so bad. :)

snapespeare · 23/10/2012 10:41

i'm off to the gym. Will be difficult to lift weights with all this pesky hand-holding, but I will do my very best (thank you!)

and I have a better singing voice than her, just saying

lubeybooby · 23/10/2012 10:47

:o

MacAndCheese · 23/10/2012 12:09

MadameO - good call. He is a tad manipulative now I think about it. I'm always being "mean" or "nasty" to him. Hmm. Text sent. I'm freeeee!

Sponge - Oh I hate that "you've been online" crap. What was your response? How's POF this time round?

Snape - Breathe. You are wonderful. The notebook is, to quote TOWIE totes amaze. She can fuck off pipe down.

Yoga - Pester away. It's your future, don't be fobbed off.

EiePie · 23/10/2012 12:37

Snape You are allowed to vent your spleen, it doesn't hurt anyone and it helps you! Your head must be in chaos. I think once he's seen your wonderful Notebook, you'll know, from his reaction, one way or the other.I hope it all goes really well - oh, and STOP googling fat thighed orange tarts! Grin

Yoga Huge luck with the date. I know what you mean about distance - it's a bummer.

Sponge Keep at it, girl, it's a numbers game - just don't invest too much of yourself before meeting them.

Watch Hope you have a fab day and made them all find you indispensable!

Currently 'chatting' to Scrumpy from Cambridge who seems really nice, funny and attentive. Messaged lots last night and has phoned me today. But, you can never tell until you meet. Still, we'll see. Feeling much better today, yesterday was so crappy. Upward and onward!

OhWesternWind · 23/10/2012 12:53

Oh Snape don't worry about her, honestly. (Although i do see this isn't what you need at the moment). She sounds extremely annoying, tbh. The words actor/presenter just make me cringe inside. What time are you meeting him?

Pie - sounds a possibility. Any talk about meeting up?

Madame - how are you feeling today? I'm a bit more "up" but think I will feel better once I see him tomorrow. We were texting a bit last night but I wasn't on top form and I think he was pretty wiped out too so it was more sort of "How's your day" stuff. Still, we are meeting up tomorrow babysitter permitting - I really am going to have to have a chat with him about making arrangements more in advance as I'm going to have to go scurrying up and down the street after work trying to find a teenager who's free for the next day, otherwise it will be my mum and she will be looking out of the curtains and spying because dd will tell her all sorts of made up details when she picks them up from school whic isn't necessarily a good plan. Why am I feeling worried about seeing him and that he doesn't like me any more as he has done nothing to suggest this . . . Give me a slap, please, this is stupid and I don't want to do it.

EiePie · 23/10/2012 13:26

West slap! We all do it, we all think it's stupid and when it's all sorted, we all wonder why we got so tied up - and next time, we do it all again! You need advance notice of arrangements - you have responsibilities - and it's not fair to pressure you and make you feel bad if you can't make it. Besides, you're worth the wait.

Have a date with Scrumpy, hoorah - in two weeks time, boooo! Sigh! Children obstacles again. I really would have like to have got together earlier as being in touch for over two weeks weights the expectations and investment. Still, it's a date and.....and.....he seems so nice, and we share the same sense of humour, we could end up being friends.

internationalvulva · 23/10/2012 13:36

hi all, I've been lurking on this thread and your past ones for ages, mostly on behalf of a friend who is on the roller coaster of internet dating (so am not just some loopy stalker, honest)

Snape your posts today and yesterday have prompted me to post. You have to go through with this and give him the notebook, he must know in no uncertain terms that for you it is him and no-one else, because otherwise these silly other women who clearly don't see the 'taken' stamp you have on him will continue to predate him!
I have been on a countdown to notebook day for ages now, I am hoping with screwed up tight eyes and both fingers crossed that once he sees it he will snog the living daylights out of you and carry you off into the sunset. He's a freaking nutter if he doesn't.
Fuck orange girl, she is his past YOU are his future, you are the one with the amazing connection and deep friendship, she's just a has- been who is mini stalking him on FB! But unless he knows how you feel he'll be tempted!
I hope you don't mind my asking, but I'm convinced I read ages ago that you said to someone that you'd made a move on him before? What happened there?

Hope I haven't breached thread etiquette by posting as a non dater, but I really wanted to say GOOD LUCK!