Dating Thread 50 .....

[TigsytheTiger]

celebrating half a century of dating chit chat, all welcome ...

I'm rooting for you, Lubey!

I was swapping messages with a chap who asked to meet me, and was coincidentally off work the time as me, and seemed very nice etc, then I realised as well that he hadn't told me anything about himself. I think it's odd when they do that, but I don't know if it's a red flag.

Good morning everyone,

48 yes, I think the 'neediness waves' are part of the whole thing, very scary indeed.

Hello non-smoking Lubey ! I'm picturing the thread as Rocky's trainer, you're Rocky but infinitely more attractive and articulate, and we're doing a montage of motivating scenes to a stirring soundtrack.

Oh dear

DD just asked me where her leggings were, I replied that that is the most annoying question in the world and never to ask me that question ever again or I'll set fire to the whole of the UK

slightly tetchy maybe.

Sorry Walk meant to say that I don't know if it's a red flag but if it feels dodgy to you then as The Rules say, trust your instincts.

Lubes - shall we run up some steps ?

Kin, yes, lets... can we have eye of the tiger just constantly playing please?

It is ( I'm also singing it right now, which probably wouldn't help very much)

rising up to da-dah of our RI-VAAAALS

:o

Is it wrong to be looking forward to funky psychedelic nicotine patch induced dreams tonight?

I am actually doing really well here i think... somehow, somehow... my habit of smoking at the computer desk seems way less ingrained than it was last time. I am finding it easier than last time so far.

Although going by my snapping at DD and now the cat, it still isn't gonna be pretty...

It will be worth it lubey to be an ex-smoker .. You can make it up to your DD and the cat later

Morning all!!

I only have the facility of supporting via being silly so I won't say that I can imagine what it must be like to give up smoking but it's absolutely worth doing ( apart from anything else, one patient I met, probably about 20 years ago now, made me promise and not just in a daft, offhand way, she wasn't satisfied until I looked her in the eye and pretty much vowed to do so, that I would tell everyone I know not to smoke. She's one of the patients whose memory lives on with me )

Having lost a grandad to lung cancer, I can say it is definitely worth giving up. Though I know that's easier said than done, I've never smoked but giving up chocolate for me is a monumental effort! But good luck lubey, you will get through it :)

Hope I am not landing in the midst of anything major.

I have 21 pages to read before I am up to date with what's occuring.

Hope that everyone is doing okay.

Am seeing Labrador (hereafter known as Lab) 3 times this week. I am not investing emotionally, too scared to, but have decided to enjoy it while it lasts and not worry over how/when it will end.

Afterall 'it's all BS until it actually happens'

Good luck Lubes...dig out the old Mumsnet Valkiri spirit.....You WILL dot it ...one day at a time. No way am I doing a photoshoot today...woke up with a face like a bag of crisps and a sour nihilistic mood to match. Hurumph!

Thanks all

ike I just did a really loud snort-n-snigger out loud at 'face like a bag of crisps'

thank god I'm alone at home! :o

WFF - 'Labrador' ? - does he have a very strong waggy tail which keeps knocking everything off your coffee table ?

morning all
Lubey..It will get better. It will!
Velvet...6 eggs? wow id be bunged up for a year.
Snape..I feel very needy most of the time.
Pom...a hug.
and hello to everyone else.

Im still recovering from the depression. Im on tabs and cbt now and back to work tomorrow. Ive had some v wobbly episodes but its getting better. All is well with fireman even though we have our moments.I worry that 2 months after meeting me i have a nervous breakdown which is a strain on any relationship yet alone one so new. I also worry he will find someone better. he says he worries that ill break his heart and he getting concerned about his feelings for me. So its all a bit mmm but we still get on like a house on fire, we feel v close and hopefully it will just plod on..

Pom..I think OD takes a lot of effort and its incredibly draining so taking a break is very much needed from time to time

I have a friend texting me complaining about her fella. Sometimes I feel really glad I'm not in a relationship

Lubey, keep at it. I will join you when I'm in the right frame of mind one fine day.

WFF, have fun with Lab,

Scatty glad to hear things are still on with Fireman.

OWW, it really wouldn't bother me if someone who I've never met was online and wasn't chatting. I would just go offline and forget it, he can get in touch if he really wants to and decide then.

I am probably going to see the guy I've just met sometime. I've got a friend over his way I can stay the night with, which is really handy. I don't like it when someone I've just met spends the night at mine and vice versa. I allowed it once and regretted it.

I've been invited somewhere this weekend and it's an offer I carn't bring myself to refuse .

Scrazy invited where and by who? I am very nosey I have no dates lined up. Have a couple speaking to me but no plans to meet yet

Scatty so pleased to hear things are getting a little better :)

Scrazy, yes where? Don't keep us in suspense!

I only ate half the eggs. Am useless at diets so will prob have to just be fat for this party now. Meh. Slept really badly last night, feeling tired and a bit pathetic and rather missing C . Will text him later to try and arrange something, fingers crossed.

I'm glad you're feeling better Scatty

Yeah, spill Scrazy - some of us need the vicarious excitement

SP agree completely, I think we sometimes forget how much crap is involved in a lot of relationships.

Velvet nothing pathetic about you at all. Diets are generally a giant pile of crap but I know a lot of people who've had huge success recently with the 5/2 fasting diet, in fact I think I might give it a go myself.

Good luck Lubey, just stay with it.

Velvet, you are not fat. You are beautiful and voluptuous, sod the diet. Hope you can arrange to meet C before long!

Scatty So pleased to hear things are moving in the right direction for you. Just take it steady with the fireman - it sounds like you both have the right feelings for each other, so it will all work out fine.

Scrazy - no problem with him being online and not chatting. The problem is that he messaged me to say he couldn't chat tonight as he was suffering from having-a-very-bad-day-itis, but was then online again very soon afterwards. Silly excuses and lies, no point in them at all. Just don't chat if you don't feel like it!