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Dating thread 44

999 replies

lubeybooby · 01/03/2013 09:46

Here we go - all dating chat here!

OP posts:
lubeybooby · 06/03/2013 09:37

Arse! Mr S has cancelled my scottish date, hmpf.

OP posts:
WarmFuzzyFun · 06/03/2013 09:44

Lubey I am ShockSad. Did he say why?

The German one? He was during the summer and finished in the autumn.

The last bf seemed nice, bit full on, then went cold/cool. He dumped me, then started texting/talking and asked to restart things. Erm, No!

I don't dwell, if someone doesn't think I am right for them then they have done me a favour by ending it early. I want someone who is absolutely delighted and thrilled to be with me, and I want to feel the same back.

I have a meet up tonight with a chap, drinks in a warm, quiet pub. I hope it is positive, messages/text are all quite positive. But you know that can be a useless indicator.

WarmFuzzyFun · 06/03/2013 09:44

Rest of message in response to ike

WarmFuzzyFun · 06/03/2013 09:46

And I am breaking tradition and not wearing a dress. Need to do things differently and all that...

Snapespeare · 06/03/2013 09:53

Bill Rrrrrr! (oh come on, someone had to say it, we're all like 'yes, nice hair' Hmm) your hair is fine. You look good. (I'm allowed to flirt with the thread en masse now that i have a boyfriend regular date.)

Oww will be thinking of you, all brave and strong and forthright. Do hope it goes well.

48 how are things with your mum? How goes the organisation for her return? How lovely that it 's in time for mothers day . :)

velvet i think you should sort out Cuthbert and have a similar chat to OWW - alternatively get yourself back out on the pull/off the sofa and do some dating with Cuthbert at the very back of your mind. - stuff all these crumbs. crumbs get in your bed and are scratchy. A loaf, you can make endless lovely toast from.

ike1 · 06/03/2013 09:53

ooooh how exciting WFF. Good luck! Lubes.....I am a bit confused....I know Mr Iphone....and your previous gentleman who went away and is now back....and the there is the 24year old who you are going to Scotland with....but who is S?

Bant · 06/03/2013 09:57

Come on Bill, you're not even trying...

Where's the fish?

JulietteMontague · 06/03/2013 09:59

Bill your hair is fine, it suits you and yes you look a lot younger than your age anyway so nah! Some people always have something to say.

Western good for you.

Lubey eh?

Velvet are you actively looking at other possibilities? Maybe already having C in the background will change your dating 'aura'. Only thinking this because you said a while ago that the alternative is a string of one off dates and actually you can try do both.

MirandaWest · 06/03/2013 10:03

Will be thinking of you OWW.

ike1 · 06/03/2013 10:05

Is is only me that wants to 'tart' Bill up then???Hmmm?

WarmFuzzyFun · 06/03/2013 10:08

Ike 'tart' him up?

Bill as has been said already your hair look great, you look great, and remind me, which dating site are you on?Wink

JulietteMontague · 06/03/2013 10:11

Crossed posts with Snape. Yes Bill you look good Grin

VelvetSpoon · 06/03/2013 10:11

Lubey how disappointing! Did he say why? At least you still have BC and mr iphone :)

Snape, I don't think I'm making do with crumbs. This is all v early days between me and C. I would like to know when I am seeing him next, I expect he will text me once he knows when he is free. UnfOrtunately it doesn't look like that will be this week. There are a few things I want to speak to him about, informally, but that will have to wait til I see him again. As for dating other people, I have no interest in doing that. It's not like there are so many amazing men out there. Given it took over 3 years to find one normal bloke, who wanted to see me more than once and wasn't just interested in sex, I have no desire to rush back into that to have my confidence and self belief ripped to shreds all over again...

Snapespeare · 06/03/2013 10:12

bant Bill doesn't need fish.....

Bant · 06/03/2013 10:12

OWW good luck, whatever you decide is best, we're here for you.

Personally I think give him a couple more weeks but the stress won't get easier for at least a year with a new business.
I don't think 6 months into a relationship is still necessarily honeymoon period, but also I don't think you've really had that even 3 months ago. if the good really outweighs the bad, then stick with it.

No real relationship is all flowers and kittens, but the flowers should outweigh the thorns.

ike1 · 06/03/2013 10:14

Yes 'gild the lily'....turn him into a pop star or sumfink??? Snape that Scorpio moon is on the rise again...your are raaaampant girlfriend.....

ike1 · 06/03/2013 10:15

I wanna see a pic of Bant now....the babe magnet!

ike1 · 06/03/2013 10:24

Btw I dont fancy Liam Gallagher in the slightest ...thought he was a dick....but that 'type' of mod do might suit Bill and piss off the commentators cos its not a short back no sides. You might also want to consider a' fauxhawk' Bill, or a 'fade'

ike1 · 06/03/2013 10:30

n' sides

OhWesternWind · 06/03/2013 10:30

I am bricking it, really dreading hearing what I think is coming. I just think it's so very sad as this has/had the potential to be something really special. But I've really had enough of waiting and hoping and second guessing. I need to know exactly what's going on with him and his feelings.

The reason I think things might improve once the shop is open is that he'll be working again, so he'll have a better routine, seeing people, money coming in, and I think it should just generally give him a boost. But whether that will be enough, I have no idea.

Feeling really crap and low today, but I know I have to sort this out at some point so it might as well be now.

ike1 · 06/03/2013 10:41

My darling OWW ...I keep posting ...but honestly it will be better out thatn in....and leave the door open as you say...perhaps a bit of space and his new routine will help matters to become clearer.

Buzz cut Bill?

OhWesternWind · 06/03/2013 10:46

You are right Ike I know. I am just a chicken-shit coward Sad

JulietteMontague · 06/03/2013 10:53

Western with the shop opening in a few days I would normally say wait until he has got through that (just thinking how would it be if you had a big business thing coming and he wanted to have a major talk to you just before).
But
you are miserable with all this, you have listened to him, you have tried to talk to him, instead of saying sorry to you he went into woe is me mode and in all the time you've been with him there has never been a right time and maybe there never would be. Good luck with it all, I sincerely hope you manage to get through to him.

ike1 · 06/03/2013 10:55

Not I..you keep posting....sheesh self obssessed as per...

Snapespeare · 06/03/2013 11:01

Velv I know - it's just that he seems a bit haphazard and uncommunicative is all - would drive me mad - it does drive me mad if I don?t hear from someone I want to hear from. I just think that you're glorious and while I obviously understand the being absolutely sick-to-the-back-teeth approach of hoisting up your bosom and getting back into OD, it makes me really sad to think of you waiting for Cuthbert, when you could be out meeting someone equally lovely who isnt so annoyingly uncommunicative.