Hat wars and soup-er dates, let the sausage see the roll... The Online Dating Thread reaches 25!

[Yogagirl17]

Erm...hope nobody minds?

Oh yeah spelling/grammar..here's an exchange from a few minutes ago:

him-your sexy

me-my sexy what?
or do you mean 'you're sexy' ?
where 'you're' is a contraction of 'you are'

mercury what was the response?

I just got winked at by a student nurse. Fond memories of living in a shared house, me and 6 student nurses. Ah, bygone days.

snape I promise you will have the biggest cake I can find at the weekend - small consolation I know. You will also get the dubious pleasure of my company which will probably tip you over the edge :)

yoga so sorry about the job, how frustrating after them keeping you waiting for ages. hopefully it means something better is just round the corner.

time job news is great, fingers crossed for tomorrow BUT for the fact it means you have to ask a favour from the Ex. It is such short notice though - if you sail through the interview & make you an offer it might be worth asking if there is any possibility of doing the training after h-t, I know with my current employer although they often specify dates for training, they can sometimes be flexible over them. Hope it works out though (and meant to say last night is good to have you back, have missed you!)

News from me, well I fear GSM man may be a bit of a scoundrel so not convinced anything will happen there; I was chatting to someone on POF who has ignored me since I suggested going for a drink . A few on match but all a bit very fugly.

Managed to trip over in the middle of the office (and narrowly avoid falling flat on my face) right in front of ridiculously young colleague today. Didn't help that prior to that I caught him looking at me several times. Such a shame he's not interested 10 years older.

time - go for it, and good luck. I know the timing isnt great, but you cant help these things. Im away on training next week for new job, whole of half term and also will not be seeing DD. She is quite upset, but there isnt anythingi can do about it, its a one off and i had to do it if i wanted the job. If it was a choice of that or benefits, then its an easy choice.

Found out today, not only did i manage to get a job in 5 days of looking, where 4500 applied, but i was also in the top % and one of the few that secured a perment contract. the rest are temps. go me!

snape - i think you are handling this admirably and with great strenght. I really do. Have been thinking of you today. To disentangle is hard, but, like all things, just takes time. be kind to yourself, dont expect too much from yourself... and know we are all here when you need to let it out.

Good luck Time x

Tomorrow I will be back to applying for crap jobs with crap salaries, which didn't really bother me so much before but this one just reminded me that i am capable of so much more. Fucking fuck fuck fuck.

Sponge You and I both know that Mr GSM aint no great loss. I thought he looked like a charmer, tbh and daft facial hair always puts me off.

Watch Go you indeed!

Snape - I sense a change of fortune, for the better. Are you sure you don't want to tout the n*b**k round some publishers? "From Unrequited Love to Undreamt-of Riches: One woman is on course to be a millionaire after a work of art that she created as a gift went viral. There is currently a bidding war raging as publishers battle to secure the rights..."

Hope that gives you a wee smile.

I am a pedant. I get affected a lot by inappropriate use of apostrophes , incorrect use of your/you're etc.

But.......Mr Nice seems to have a problem with using your when he should use you're and I have found out it makes no difference to him as a person and it could even be said that some of my standards have relaxed

Time - dd will be okay, you go for this job and see where it takes you

Watch - total go you! How's that for an ego boost!

Snape - you are right, pm hasn't done anything wrong other than not temper himself knowing that you like him. I agree with time that the head lying etc wasn't fair but ultimately I can see you are struggling with the loss of a friend as well as the loss of what you hoped might happen with him romantically that's going to take time, be good to yourself. You will come out the other side of this and you will be okay. Thinking of you.

Yoga - sorry the job hunting isn't going well. Hopefully there will be something soon even if its seasonal work.

Doingit - glad things are going well with your fellow

Everyone else, hope you have all had a good day, I struggle on the iPhone to remember what's happening with who without being able read back when replying!

Two assessments passed today find out if I pass my comms assessment tomorrow too, fingers crossed. NL is here again tonight, his last night off before working again so a chilled evening ahead for us both I think

Sorry you didn't get the closure you wanted Snape, but I think if it wasn't a happy ending, then a different closure is needed. He's mental!!! I'm thinking he's a lot stunted in his emotional development. not fair on you though

I possibly have a coffee date on Fri. Spoke to this one 2 years ago, no idea where from and he was a disappearer. We used to chat on MSN and it's something I never sign into anymore. Signed in a few weeks back for a conference call and it stayed running in the background and he popped up last week. So we've been MSNing and tonight he asked me for a coffee as he is in my town on Friday but needs to be somewhere else by 2pm, which could be up to an hour drive depending on traffic

Sod's law though, I'm working 5:30am to around 11am, then I promised my mum I would take some photos of a lunch function she's attending. I can prob be out of there by 12:15ish but when do I find time to stick nice clothes on, make hair look better and try to make face look presentable???/ Won't have time to do it before work - well, I could if I got up at 4am... not happening

Would you risk turning up bare faced, with yesterday's hair and jeans and jumper?? I could always say this is what you would wake up with

Thank you Sponge , you too watch and Yoga. I'm definitely going to go for it, it's just the short notice that's thrown me a bit, but it's a great Company to work for, and it's only a week and then it's school hours, so it will be worth it. Except for having to contact The Ex. It's group training Sponge so I don't think there would be a chance of deferring, not unless they have another recruitment intake coming up, but I just so want to work so am going to do my best to sort something for next week. IF I get the job! Just been trying on interview outfits

Yoga I know exactly what you mean, I once had a fantastic career with a fantastic salary, and now I'm getting excited at the prospect of a job in a service centre. But you know, this job at 20 hours a week will see me financially better off than a job at 40 hours a week, so I will just suck it up for now. I hope something good comes along for you soon.

Thank you Fate DD isn't very happy at the prospect of spending a week between her father and grandmother but I've promised her a treat if I get the job and she goes along with the plan without complaining, that cheered her up a bit.

Oh Snape, I'm so sorry, I feel a bit depressed for you! He's a complete numpty.

Yoga - fingers crossed there's a perfect job with lots of hot single men just around the corner.

Sponge - most of the match guys who contact me are fugly too. It's depressing.

Watch - you go girl!

My pics on match are not very good, I need to find better ones. I also hate it when people can't spell but am willing to forgive it if they're attractive enough - so fickle!

I don't think my match profile is written very well either - is anyone up for reading it if I PM my username? I wrote it thinking I would just have a look and see what's out there, didn't think I'd have the guts to actually meet people!

MsC Put your slap on and do your hair before bed, then just touch it up before you go to meet The Man. Might sound a bit rank but if it's good enough for Beyonce, because this is what she has confessed to doing, then it's good enough for us

Newly single again and wondering if I can be bothered with the whole dating thang again. Can I join you all anyway til I decide to either take the plunge or become a nun?!

There's plenty of room on the sofa ThatsNice, you can join the non dating observers

All is well with Lovely Man - he's called me earlier as the texting yesterday was getting at cross purposes. It wasn't him that was nervous, he was talking about me worrying about things as id said earlier i had been worried about his ex, and the point he was trying to make ( not very well by text but very well on the phone) was how could I think for a minute that he didn't want me or want things to carry on, especially after what happened between us on Saturday? I think he was a bit, not hurt but didn't like it that I'd thought he might be that sort of man ... So, saved from going back on PoF thank god!

Will catch up with you all after tea.

Sounds good to me! I'll put the kettle on and my feet up squishes up on sofa

Oh....just discovered how to bold text on my phone! Is there a way of doing the text crossed out on phone too?

All is well with Lovely Man - he's called me earlier as the texting yesterday was getting at cross purposes. It wasn't him that was nervous, he was talking about me worrying about things as id said earlier i had been worried about his ex, and the point he was trying to make ( not very well by text but very well on the phone) was how could I think for a minute that he didn't want me or want things to carry on, especially after what happened between us on Saturday? I think he was a bit, not hurt but didn't like it that I'd thought he might be that sort of man ... So, saved from going back on PoF thank god!

Will catch up with you all after tea.

Sorry, don't know why that posted twice! Blooming phone...

Western, thats great . Glad all is ok.

Forgot to say, madameo- congrats to youtoo :)

Time- good luck for tomorrow, hope it goes well . Will be thinking of you :)

Thank you Watch

How are the tights behaving?

Vile things!!!

bantam he didnt seem to get that I was correcting his grammar and started with the sexually explicit what he wants to do to me message, I said rude e-mails leave me cold