Twirling body builders, dominant alpha males and been hurt in the past-Dating thread part 29

[Milkandlotsandlotsofwine]

Took the liberty of starting a new thread.

Off you go ladies and gents...

Nothing dating to report, nothing voldie to report, DS1 still not back at school, hopefully tomorrow. Worn out with everything, have wine and book.

As you were.

LOL

I swear I never knew so many, well weird, guys existed.

The saddest bit is I rejoined a couple of weeks back and saw a profile of a guy I went on a date with 2.5 years ago. His photo was five years old then. And he is still using it! Do they not realise how old they look now?!

This guy seems gentlemanly. He is a chatterbox but in a nice way. Been textimg on and.off today. Shared a wee kiss last night. Not the best kiss ever, but they aren't always to begin with. And it wasn't bad don't get me wrong. Just reminded me of a teenage kiss in a way - bit fumbled, which it was as was in my car when I dropped him back.

He has his kids this weekend and not sure if I can get out this week. Now the internal debate about how soon is too soon to invite him here for a coffee one evening in week instead. He's been an open book and I've done a bit of googling so don't distrust him as such. Just not sure how this works.

Welcome smoke, Hi snape .

I am totally bored and fed up with just about everything at the moment so this thread is pretty much the highlight of my day and now that I've admitted that I'm going to crawl away somewhere dark to hide

Eeeks, waiting for my date to turn up (I'm a bit early)...will try a loo update if I get the chance? We are wine tasting so I imagine I will need the loo!

smokin your posts are hilarious I cannot stop laughing, it is just so funny if it wouldn't be so sad

So yoga did you drop the engineer?

Hate this part..sneaking glances at all passersby hoping ill reccognise him when he turns up...

World Yes, sent him an email last night and got a very civilised reply.

Oooh questions I don't like that part. The Saturday date rung me to say he was running late and walking over the bridge. So I watched the bridge walkers. Right in front of him, hiding him from view was a guy clearly with issues or drunk at least fifty and oh my god I nearly pegged it right there.

He was a v. Nice surprise after that.

And indeed looked like his pictures ;-)

This, ladies and gentlemen .. well, mostly ladies is the wonder of modern technology. We've walked on the moon, cured diseases which were hitherto the scourge of humanity. We can talk in real time to people on the other side of the world, and find the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips.

And yet right now, there are a dozen or so - maybe twenty - people waiting for a woman they have never met to go to the toilet in a pub in london so we find out what her date is like.

Strange world we live in.

Hello all, just stopping by to mark my place. Welcome to everyone new to the thread and everyone new to dating!

Watch, will uncross my fingers for now then, and cross them again in a few days.

Yoga, will be crossing them for your job, too.

Watching University Challenge after finishing off pasta with tomato and marscapone sauce with leeks and mushrooms added.

I actually keep hitting refresh on my phone just to see if question has gone to the loo and posted yet! It's keeping my Monday night interesting...

Well I'm messaging a couple of guys on POF but not really blown away. But maybe that's a good thing - low expectations.

So far ive just replied to people who have messaged me. Question for you - when you message a guy, what sort of things do you usually say? I've seen a couple of people I like the look of but have no idea what to say...

Also bantam - or anyone really - any tips as to what sort of things I should have in my profile and how long it should be. Obviously I don't want it so brief it says nothing - but I'm assuming an essay's not great either? Do men really read the profiles?!

yoga That sounds good.

Hi Green - I can't speak for all men. I read the profiles. Generally I'll look at the main picture, go straight to the profile and read that, if it's interesting I'll look for what they're looking for in a bloke - am I too old, is the fact that I have kids or I smoke (or the fact that I'm only 5'10 - I mean seriously there was a girl I saw who was 5'3 and insisted her date must be 6' plus. Too picky) Then I'll take a look at the other photos and if she looks okay I'll either mail her straightaway or add her to favourites so I can mail her later when I've got more time.

if you want to PM me I can take a look at your profile and suggest changes, I've done it for a few others, although generally haven't been able to make a huge number of suggestions as they've already been generally pretty good.

2 or 3 paragraphs is fine, not too many cliches (like to go out and stay in with dvd/wine, I love my friends and family) - that's just filler. Try and start with a funny line.

You're going to attract the weirdos no matter what, even if you have an empty profile, but if its good it will attract the type of guy you want to attract.

That sounds very reasonable. I sort of go about it that way too when looking at men's profiles.

I had 27 visitors on OKC today. No messages. Not even a 'hi babez'

Oh no, Dishy Dr is making me swoon more than is healthy before meeting someone. He is gorgeous, witty and clever but lives too far away from me. He doesn't have any DCs and we haven't mentioned mine at all in our messages so far. So stupid old me has suggested meeting up the weekend after next. Eeek.

Here's something that's bugging me lots about OD - I messaged a guy a few days ago but he hasn't replied. Fair enough you may think, he's just not interested. But he has viewed my profile everyday since the message - is he just enjoying torturing me?!

LOLs at Yoga and Bantam

Questions look forward to your update - hope you recognised him!

Pixie - the mentioning the kids thing is a difficult decision, but I think you should be up front with him. - Are they mentioned in your profile at all? If not, if you mention it on the date, he's taken by surprise and it's not going to go well.

I'd bring it up casually in some way if you could - if he loses interest then it wouldn't have worked anyway.

the other guy who you messaged, maybe he's dating someone else, not yet at the exclusive stage but doesn't feel right about replying but is intrigued? Or maybe he's married. Or maybe he doesn't know how to type?

You just can't know about these things, and it's probably best to try and put it out of your head.

come on Question your bladder can't be that strong..

POF is terrible., some guy just said 'hi quiet' and attached a picture of his arse!!

I updated my profile to say 'SATTELITE IF I WANTED TO SEE AN ARSE YOU FACE PASSES ME OFTEN' weirdo.

Has anyone came across the guy dressed as a lady yet?

Or the overly over weight guy who wants a date at MacDonalds? If you email him he will buy you some loubuotons (sp), he works for a gas company and produces his own gas Yeah I bet he does....

Quiet - well the arse picture may have been weird, but it's probably the best side of him.

what are loubuotons? Is that like Louis Vuitton?

Louboutins are shoes

pixie have you mentioned your kids on your profile somewhere?

Aaaaw I feel almost sad I've had no penis or arse photos sent.

I have been mailed and propositioned by a woman though. Which was odd.

All this reminds me why I am bloody glad not to be OD anymore! I don't miss the awful messages in the slightest.

I am rather bored though without the entertainment value it provides, especially as work is mind-numbingly dull. I have 4 days left in my current job and literally no work to do. I know it's utterly churlish of me to complain btw, so please feel free to ignore me :)

Louboutins are not just any shoes, they are French Designer Shoes and he's probably got some creepy fetish.

Pixie I always mention kids up front in my profile - no point in meeting someone who can't cope with the fact that they are a big part of my life. They're not babies, and they do spend time with their dad giving me time to myself, but they still occupy a lot of my time & energy.

Hi sponge - lovely to hear from you! Do you start new job straight away?

Ok, so I've taken the advice of Yoga and or Milk and entertained myself with the twirling body builders chat in the vague hope the sex will be outstanding if his genital haven't shrunk due to steroids.
He phones me every night. Tonights conversation has consisted of him telling me he is pulling a tractor up a hill for 2 charities, that he is consuming the correct amount of carbohydrates and amino acids. That tractor pulling will be hard work. That I sound tired (you bet). He did ask where I went to college and replied with 'interesting' when I told him. Then continued to talk about how loyal he is, that he has had a very good upbringing, he has a great job, great boss who pays for his Lycra.
He then told me how much he likes talking to me. To be honest the effort required is so minimal it's almost refreshing. I feel like a listening service.

Another one, more negative has emailed to say he has had a very boring weekend. I'm not drawn to him.

Quite, POF is crazy. I got pictures of all sorts, and very strange messages. My profile is hidden as it is a bit too sleazy at times for me.