Bizarroville!! PoshBoys, Muppets, Surgeons, nurses, coffee addicts and RL - dating thread 27!

[lubeybooby]

Roll up roll up get yer dating chat here... all kinds of dating...

Online, RL, established, new, join in and blether away!

sponge. that's our sponge back. Glad you're feeling better.

I've decided it's too cold for shorts and I'm not trying them out for a first outing on a first date. So black snakeskin skinnies, black converse one stars, turquoise scoop neck Devore type top tunic thing over a black vest.

bant you're not allowed anywhere near covent garden, or I will be looking at monochrome men honking 'wonder if that's bant?!' Have fun!

lubey. He's 40.

Meh. It's only a coffee.

Oh I told him that I can't play tennis,watch action movies and have one direction in my car cd .. So not in any way trying to tick all his boxes .. I was a being sarcastic about answering to his satisfaction ..

Sponge. Good to see you chipper. It's sunny here too. I've got this walking date at 2pm which I'm ambivalent about as its very bright and i got in at 530.
Plus I haven't heard anything but he sent me directions Friday so I assume it's on.
Bantam, hope you have a good time. Engineering works suck

Kirsty - at STBX MIL thinking he's nice looking.

Pixie - like Sponge said, do you enjoy his company & look forward to seeing him? If you do, maybe it's worth pursuing a little longer. If not...

Snape - purple velvet shorts? where do you go for cake in London?

Fingers crossed for you Bantam. I'm sure you look lovely

Scatty - what a tosser.

Hey Rosemary

Morning Sponge.

Snape well then he's either being a bit daft or he means little kids... or hasn't really thought the question through properly!

Rosemary I managed to miss your post - interesting stuff. I think the first part of your post is a edging towards a little too forgiving and enabling, surely the hallmark of a co dependent type... but the rest changes direction quite wildly (in a good way) Anyway, I hope you stick around too :o

Purple. Velvet. Shorts.

Well I assume there's a patisserie Valerie somewhere. The only cake shop I might concern myself with. . Dare say it'll be a muffin in costa.

Oh snape - if you go in patisserie Valerie can you please get me a ham and cheese ciabatta and fed ex it up? Ta. :o

I want cake now. There's only the usual chains in my town, there used to be a lovely little independent bakery, it had all sorts

I might bake before my date this evening.

Sponge so happy you are today! And yes I'm better thanks. x

Kirsty One Direction? Well I wouldn't date you

Re, the 'wouldn't date someone with kids thing' - it's a bit like any of these things. We narrow down our choices by ticking a bunch of boxes but impossible to know exactly what is and isn't a real deal breaker til you actually talk about it.

Hope you all have a lovely day. I am going to try(!!) to stay off MN for a few hours as I fear it is becoming more addictive than the OD thing itself. Anyway, I have a date too. With DD. Taking her shopping for a "nice" dress for her first proper boy-girl dance! someone just shoot me now please

Still scratching my head at the "I'm talking to you cause I'm puking and desperate=I forgive you and want to sit and have coffee"

Ok, I REALLY AM GOING AWAY NOW!

Yay for Sponge! Glad you're feeling more like you, and that you slept well. Getting that closure seems to have done you some good, in that you weren't sleeping well before.

Kirsty, phew. If you're not taking his challenge too seriously, that's fine and I shan't worry any more .

I was chatting to a guy on pof, who's asked me out before but we agreed not to as he really doesn't want any more kids, and for me that's a joint decision (fine if you both feel that way beforehand, but I don't know yet). So last week, he asked if I wanted to meet him, so I said sure, as friends, we know we're looking for different things. Then nothing. A couple of short messages to say he was ill last weekend, but that's all. I don't get it. I can't even get a non-date. Grr.

I'm off out for a long walk, with dog. He's loyal, enjoys evenings on the sofa in front of the fire, and hates the hoover as much as I do. He's a bit short and ginger, but I quite like that. He's almost my perfect man (prefer them tall) but in dog form.

Breathe Yoga. Does your DD have any idea what she would like? that's half the battle And are you accessory shopping too?

I don't get that "won't date anyone with children" thing. You might meet someone absolutely perfect for you but they've got children so you're going to discount them?

Thanks lubey - it feels nice to be :) too! (theres a ! just so you're not the only one using them!

Ha! All trains from Surrey girls town to London cancelled today, do she's going to a different town to get the train from there. It'll be evening before we meet

Oh bantam what are you going to do in the meantime? please say you'll have cake with Snape

I type too slow.

Yoga, he's been nice to you. Once. Surely that's all he has to do to be forgiven? .

There's definitely a PV in Covent Garden.

Actually I wanted to delurk to chip in with my two cents on the kids thing. OD is all about screening people out at the initial stage so I think it's perfectly acceptable to tick "no kids" if that is something that matters to you. I'm well aware that in RL I could meet someone wonderful with kids and things could develop organically and I wouldn't let it be a deal breaker (possibly), but on OD it's so hard to know if you're meeting someone right for you that I figure why get distracted with people who have kids when I know my firm preference is for those without (I don't have DCs btw). I'm a tad younger than some here though so there are plenty of men in my desired age bracket who don't have children.

Oh god bantam! What a mare. I'm sure it will be worth it though.

We need to get thinking of a new thread title, one that doesn't refer to anyone specific on this thread or who they are dating. Due to the jinx factor as spotted by OWW!

I suggest permanently calling it 'options of limited quality - dating thread' plus whatever number it is because it truly is an awesome phrase, that sums it all up nicely and doesn't refer to anything or anyone specific.

Rosemary great post, I agree with Lubey 100%.

Sponge A good night's sleep is monumentally important for getting you back on track. Lovely to see you in sparkling form

Bantam and Snape am sure I'm not the only one who'll be looking forward to the outcomes of your dates

Yoga Your XH is a maggot-flavoured fuckmuppet. But that's why he's your X.

Kirsty Good response re One Direction CD etc! It's been said that some people come with a pre-made template of their ideal person, and instead of seeing and accepting an individual with their own unique personality, quirks and foibles, cherrypick the bits they like then try and ignore the rest or shoehorn the rest of you in to fit their perceptions. Which is, of course, a recipe for disaster

Strictly It's been nearly six weeks. We met after three weeks of emailing and a couple of phone calls. Am aware this is no time at all and keep waiting for shit to hit fan But so far, so good. Was out with a friend yesterday in his neck of the woods and he said we were welcome to pop in. DD was playing up a bit but he was unfazed and ended up driving us all to our respective homes. Sweetheart.

Bantam I know someone who also did the LD meet and who had similar problems with lateness and delays. I think she ended up with about 90mins before her last train home. Sodding transport.

sponge, glad you are feeling more chipper. bant I love that you guys are meeting and at no point has someone suggested not bothering because of the sodding sunday transport delays. It must be lurve . Hope it goes well later! You should definitely meet snape for cake meantime.

Oh and forgot to say, snape don't worry about okc questions, he may no longer think that, or may make an exception for you. I'm sure most people saying that would be thinking snotty toddlers and preschoolers (like my DS ) anyway.

Feel free to use ginny pigs in the thread name ;)

Guys any recommendations of a good place near Waterloo?

Offline for a day or so and wow! lots of catching up to do ......

Bantam, Snape, Mac hope your dates go well, looking forward to the updates

Ginny pigs, yes! and I think there should be the overuse of the exclamation mark in the new thread title!!!!!! and maybe some text speak?