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Dating thread number 48 :-)

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MirandaWest · 25/03/2013 23:36

Here's the latest thread for everything dating related. All welcome :)

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KinNora · 31/03/2013 22:21

OWW 'Cakey and Deffo' sounds like a double act.

I do shave or wax my legs but the very thought of being 'obliged' to do so would see me walking around like a yeti.

I once did a text photo message strip for Spud's birthday - went down terribly well and I very much recommend it as a strategy for getting one's beau hot and bothered but the thought of whipping off my underpinnings and posing for some frantically tossing stranger, particularly a frantically tossing stranger who demands I do so, is a completely different prospect. Do they imagine that the world is one great big sleazy peepshow, laid on for their entertainment ?

KinNora · 31/03/2013 22:21

Yaaaay for Cakey !

JulietteMontague · 31/03/2013 22:27

Giving or asking for intimate pictures or making a video clip when you are in a relationship or there is a high element of trust is an entirely different thing.

It's a sad indictment of womanhood that some women also think it's 'true', it's like feminism never happened. These same women probably still see themselves an empowered, because they can wear what they want. I've also seen it on MN with regard to Lady Garden topiary, "I'm new to dating after a long relationship, what do men expect 'down there' these days?"Hmm. Expect again.

JulietteMontague · 31/03/2013 22:28

OWW and she's off! Grin

OhWesternWind · 31/03/2013 22:32

Deffo is getting all carried away with flowery compliments. Cakey keeps taking the mick out of me and is very funny. Proper northern boy, know the type well. Might even know him seeing as we spent several years trailing round the same sad pubs and clubs in our teenage years. Hope I've not snogged him already back in 1986. It's entirely possible ...

OhWesternWind · 31/03/2013 22:34

Oh god I bet loads of people on this thread weren't even born in 1986

ohmyrainydays · 31/03/2013 22:40

Talking of lady gardens I've decided that if a man has a problem with how my garden grows he's not worth it. I'd never tell a man to have a back sack and crack so there's no way anyone but me gets to choose.

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MirandaWest · 31/03/2013 22:41

I was 11 in 1986 :)

Wasn't quite snogging in those days though Grin

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Bant · 31/03/2013 22:42

I was 12 :)

ohmyrainydays · 31/03/2013 22:43

I was 4 in 1986 OWW.

Scrazy · 31/03/2013 22:44

My last blind date sent me a photo of him going back to the early 80's as he said he recognised me from back then. He looked great in the photo, not so good now though!

I've got a coffee date this week, not exactly excited about it.

JulietteMontague · 31/03/2013 22:46

I was 29 Grin

chuchiface · 31/03/2013 22:49

Delurks just to make OWW feel better - 17 in 1986 and snogging with the best of them!

OhWesternWind · 31/03/2013 22:54

I probably look better than I did in 1986, purely down to the fact that I no longer wear batwing jumpers, stonewashed denim or white shoes.

VelvetSpoon · 31/03/2013 22:56

I was 14 in 1986. Certainly wasn't snogging anyone though, that was strictly off limits (by order of my Dad) til I went to uni :)

So, I'm back from Footballers Wives country. There was (thankfully!) a complete absence of ridiculously expensive cars at the christening, which was all rather down to earth and lovely. Baby is utterly gorgeous, and it was a fab day in the sunshine. Oh, and one of the other guests quite clearly fancied me, spent all day catching my eye and smiling at me and then had a long chat with me after my other friends left. I am likely to see him again as we drink in some of the same places. However as I am fairly certain I can predict the outcome of any future encounter as one of the following:

a) I see him, snog him and that's the end of it;
b) I see him, snog him, he takes my number, never calls, and that's the end of it;
c) I see him, snog him, he takes my number, arranges to see me again then cancels at the last minute/stands me up, and that's the end of it;

it's not that worth getting excited over! He did say he thought I was about 30, 33 at most though. So that made me Grin

KinNora · 31/03/2013 22:57

Ah, 19 in 1986 and I definitely look better now due to avoidance of all the same items of clothing as OWW and ( drumroll) a perm !!
Fuck me that was a bad style choice.

KinNora · 31/03/2013 22:59

Oooh Velvet that's vair exciting !

OhWesternWind · 31/03/2013 23:01

I had a perm and electric blue mascara. I was so very cool.

OhWesternWind · 31/03/2013 23:03

Velvet sounds ace! Do you fancy him back a bit?

Bant · 31/03/2013 23:03

Finally getting the chance to sit down and watch DW. I must admit, I have a little bit of a crush on the new companion.

ohmyrainydays · 31/03/2013 23:03

I had a perm in 1996! Considering my hair is naturally curly it was a bad idea, then getting it straightened all the while using sun in to turn it a nice shade of orange!

It's surprising i have any hair left.

ohmyrainydays · 31/03/2013 23:06

Bant i have a girl crush on her too and I'm completely straight. She's just so pretty.

48howdidthathappen · 31/03/2013 23:08

I was 22. Biker pubs were my thing. So I was usually clad in skinny jeans and black leather.

The 80s really didn't happen for me.

Bant · 31/03/2013 23:10

Reckon she's on Match?

KinNora · 31/03/2013 23:11

(I notice Bant's not owning up to his 80s perm )

That sounds dead cool OWW - snow-washed denim pencil skirt too ? DS1 dresses like Nick Heyward circa 1983, apparently it's ' retro, Mother ' - it was bad enough first time round.

Rainy in 1996 ? I thought you lot learned from our terrible mistakes.