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TigsytheTiger · 07/04/2013 12:28

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

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JoylessFucker · 11/04/2013 15:33

SP very attractive sounds good, let's hope he maintains quality standards.

WFF sorry missed out the news about you being shortlisted. Yay!! Wine Hope all goes well. I had interview yesterday to be volunteer counsellor ... I have no idea how it went. It all felt fine but counsellors can be so bloody inscrutable Hmm

JoylessFucker · 11/04/2013 15:35

OH FFS, how could I forget: lubey fucking huge massive congratulations on being a non-smoker!!! Wine Grin

PS: I think we need a [shag] emoticon .... although I'm not sure about the visual Confused

KinNora · 11/04/2013 15:37

Do you mind me asking if you answered the sex questions on OKC Joy ? I skipped the vast majority as I didn't want my openness to various shenanigans to colour the kind of men who replied attract complete pervs .

One of my specialist subjects, mascara, I'm currently on this bad boy. I love it, dries up quickly though

WarmFuzzyFun · 11/04/2013 15:37

Hi MsC, so you want to see him again, or just want to say thanks and see whether he arranges the next date? Did he seem keen?

WarmFuzzyFun · 11/04/2013 15:41

It's such a relief when you meet up and they aren't obviously weird, etc MsC

KinNora · 11/04/2013 15:45

Hello MsC - do you think he might be a grower ? I tend to text to say 'thank you' and it was nice to meet you, without waiting to hear from them, if I definitely want to see them again then I say so.

MsCellophane · 11/04/2013 15:50

I think he could be a grower. Easy to talk too, quite interesting, nice looking but not drop dead gorgeous. I usually go younger (up to 10 years) Haven't dated anyone older than me for a very long time - he's 8 years older - I'm 45 - but he looked well preserved. He had teeth! always a bonus :)

We had a small kiss on leaving, I might drop him a goodnight text later on and see if he texts back

KinNora · 11/04/2013 15:50

'Its such a relief when you meet up and they aren't actually weird' ain't that the truth Grin

WarmFuzzyFun · 11/04/2013 15:51

Kin, my eyelashes are too stubby to have mascara on them...Sad I am a rather lazy make up girl, just get rid of the dark circles and I am good to go

KinNora · 11/04/2013 15:52

Sounds quite promising to me MsC. I'm venturing into older man territory with Showbiz, he's 11 years older than me.

KinNora · 11/04/2013 15:54

WFF you do know that there's stuff that makes your eyelashes grow, don't you ? enabler

WarmFuzzyFun · 11/04/2013 15:54

Teeth, you know teeth are an attractive feature, whether real, dentured or otherwise, but I can't abide decayed teeth or absent ones [shudder]

WarmFuzzyFun · 11/04/2013 15:55

Kin, really? WFF imagines having lashes the length of cat's whiskers...does it work?

WarmFuzzyFun · 11/04/2013 15:57

Oh I like a older man... the mature ones hold a certain appeal.

Having said that, one of the biggest explosive chemistry/lust reactions was with a chap who was 10 years younger.

KinNora · 11/04/2013 15:59

I was pretty damn sceptical but yes, seems to for a lot of people (worked for me ) enable

Scrazy · 11/04/2013 16:07

MrsC, I would wait for him to text you which he will if he wants to see you again. Let them do the asking, but then again I don't chase men at all Grin.

JoylessFucker · 11/04/2013 16:27

Nora the first profile I had on OKC I answered all the questions like some innocent lamb. Interestingly, that was the only time I didn't get the perverts dominants. I deleted that profile and every one since then, I've avoided pretty much all sex related questions that might lead anyone to making assumptions about my preferences. I cannot deny that I am filthy (and I know I'm in the very best company here) but ... I don't want anyone assuming that they're going to get lucky and in what manner that will be.

Not weird is very good MsC, maybe a second date to check?

I'm another who likes an older man, but at my age, there's a fine line between mature and not up to it too old.

KinNora · 11/04/2013 16:40

Thanks Joy, I thought it might be better not to answer things like 'biting during sex ?' , I've answered a handful of the less dodgy ones but kept the answers private.

When will they let you know about the counselling job ? ( I thought about changing career to be a counsellor, did a couple of courses but changed my mind eventually )

VelvetSpoon · 11/04/2013 17:29

I have always gone for older men but all the ones my age now just look so old! C is 4 years younger.

MsC I say if you want to text him, then go ahead. If he wants to see you again it won't put him off. The best 2 men I have ever been involved with are the only 2 I ever made any effort to pursue.. :)

Snapespeare · 11/04/2013 18:06

SP yes, by way of recap... nameless was from OKC. I'd dipped my age range to see if there were any decent blokes a bit younger/older than I'd originally specified as the ones in the 37 - 49 range were a bit... Umm...unviable & I'd pretty much worked my way through anyone even halfway semi decent & I'd seen his profile (95% match) and thought he was really sweet & funny & honest about having ME and pretty damn hot from his pics, so I'd awarded him some stars and thought nothing else of it.

Months pass. I forget all about him, he hasn't forgotten about me. Blush

I got a message saying he kept coming back to my profile and was dropping me a line to say he liked mine... Chatted for a few days, seemed to get on well. Averaged a message every other day, so I'd reply on a Monday, he'd reply on a Tuesday, I'd write back on a Wednesday; nothing over-whelming, a few witty paragraphs. On a couple of occasions I didn't have time to write back & he wittily prodded me and apologised if he had possible caused any offence.... Absolutely no smut or innuendo.

Eventually he asked if I'd like to meet for a cup of tea. We did, at south bank; we rode up and down in the singing lift and I remember thinking he was so funny and laid back and kind :) he was slouched on the sofa and I thought I'd quite like to kiss him Blush then we walked back to the station and parted ways with a kiss on the cheek... I posted something like I'd had two cups of tea in three hours and even if nothing came of it, I'd had a smashing time in the company of a hottie and that was lovely enough. He sent a 'lovely to meet you text' before I'd got home. We swapped the occasional text over the next few days and then I said I'd really like to see him again egged on by vipers so we did, and had a bit of a snog...and then had sex dated for a few weeks before he asked if I'd like to be a couple. I very much would. We are. :)

They are out there, those jigsaw pieces.

Snapespeare · 11/04/2013 18:08

Oh! Oh! WFF yay for interview! I'm job hunting on promotion at the moment and it is utterly doing my head in.

lubey rarrrrh! You rock! :)

SPsYoniTheOneAndOnly · 11/04/2013 18:10

Snape If it was Taylor Swift experiencing that she would have a shit load of songs out about it right now Grin

So it is possible then? I'm talking to the good looking one. Turns out he leaves near my favourite pub. Scoring high brownie points with that Grin still nothing dodgy been said which is another bonus.

Snapespeare · 11/04/2013 18:10

And velv I hope you've heard from sodding cuthbert by now.

And I answered a few sex-related questions on OkC, but nothing too near the knuckle Hmm and only so I could clock what objects of interest had responded....

Snapespeare · 11/04/2013 18:15

Sp I am currently contemplating a ukelele album that equates frying cheese for your gf with a declaration of love...

Yes, it's possible. It happens. I think it's rare and there is silage to wade through. I think blurting out the dodgy stuff tends to set a scene/display an expectation that things are only based on sex and while that is fine and dandy if that's what you're after, it wasn't what I was personally interested in. .

48howdidthathappen · 11/04/2013 18:17

SP I met Mr R&R in RL. Got dragged kicking and screaming to a Rock and Roll gig by my sister. Been together getting on for 4 months. Smile

Only had one fling through OD. He was a charmer cunt I taught him a very good lesson. Don't fuck with me Grin

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