Dating thread 58 everyone welcome

[Kirstywirsty]

The Rules

1. Develop a thick skin;
2. Do not invest emotionally too soon;
3. It's all BS until it actually happens;
4. Trust your gut instinct;
5. People vanishing, lying and being generally weird to you are not your fault
6. You are the prize - they should be trying to impress you
7. If it's not fun, stop
8. loo update is mandatory

Morning all! Hope every one is ok this morning.

I'm pleasantly stressed out today as Mr Lovely is coming to stay over tonight

So happy for you Rose Brilliant!

Hope your arm is ok Snape Holiday sounds fab.

Thats us Tigsy. Although Bant may have trouble with the 'tits out'

Well Mr R&Rs birthday went like a dream. I got a little pissed and mentioned marriage Neither of us have ever married or had any desire to. I asked him what if I was the marrying kind. He said 'he would marry me' I don't think I do want to marry him, just wanted to know he would if you know what I mean

We are off to Scotland again on the 20th for a week. I love it

Morning all,

Glad happy thread this morning.

Have a day out with another recently met singe mum today yay :-)) not on the pull as such....

tigsy all the best with the move etc.
Snape glad holiday went so brilliantly, hope arm ok
rose house sounds lovely, am envious of your going back to study that's brill.

On dating news spoke to an lovely chap last night on the phone, clicked really well an hour had passed without really noticing, then another one before sleep called. Might end up more friends than phwoar but I can live with that, friends rock.

Have given him a potted version of the rules - expectation management, meet quickly etc. he is an optimist I think , and keen to meet someone quickly and 'get off the sites' small fed flag...

Any dates tonight?

Popping in quickly to say onward and upwards for you now Rose, well done, this will be an exciting new start for you.

Tigsy too.

Snape, holiday sounds fab, hope you are rested and tanned. I can imagine you are missing nameless now you are apart. Oh to be in that situation .

No news here, just licking my wounds and trying to get my head round the fact that this is the end of the road for me and him. I sometimes carn't bear to think of it but I know it has to be. Anyway onwards and upwards for me too as it's the weekend and I will go out on the town if it kills me!!

arm severely bruised, but nothing broken...however i have a sling and DCs will be doing ALL housework for at least 6 weeks.

Good morning everyone.

Tigsy moving house is always emotional, even when you are going on to better things. This is different, eyes forward and open and a whole new set of adventures

48 oh the irony, bless

Rose I do hope you're busy playing with fantasy decoration in your head. Just go easy on the scatter cushions

Afternoon fellow threaders

Just dashing off the sofa to say what fabulous news to rose
or whichever is your preference to says "cheers" to your new life.

Hugs to Tigsy for the emotional shitstorm, but so pleased you are also on your way to the new life (and with Mr EA )

Snape good news on the housework and sending and surreptitious for upcoming post-holiday wibble.

Juliette, OWW and 48 just

Hope those dating have success

Forget to say for scrazy and checking in on Kin too.

Post holiday wobble has taken the form of an upload of a pic of nameless and me on my MN photos for the next day or so. Hurry along and have a good nosey if you are so inclined. :)

Snape, you both look so happy!

Ooo, snape he looks a bit nice! I'm not brave enough to have pictures of me on my profile let alone of anyone else (bitter voice of experience...)

Lovely positive stuff from Snape, 48, Tigsy and Rose. Making me feel all warm inside, wonderful. New things are sounding promising for you too, great stuff. Are you meeting up?

Scrazy sorry things are difficult. Hope you are getting some comfort from knowing you gave it your best shot and that you are definitely doing the right thing, hard though it may seem.

Feeling very positive about life today, not just dating/Alpha, but life generally. See what happens when the sun finally comes out. Was talking to my neighbour last night about how much less shit we will put up with and how better life is when you take control of it, and it's all true. I think from the outside my life probably looks quite difficult and unenviable, but bloody hell I am so much happier than I was with Titto. I feel so much more confident and stronger and I know that nothing at all is going to beat me, and that I don't actually need anything or anyone in my life apart from my dc.

Having said that, I might want someone, but that's an entirely different thing! Alpha is away on business again since yesterday until the middle of next week so I am starting to see that this is the downside here. But I don't want someone I'm seeing every night of the week, don't want to live in anyone's pocket, so with a bit of organisation this could work out okay. We will see. Lots of lovely e-mails and texts, all very nice stuff and getting a little bit flirtier...

Lovely photo Snape - you look so relaxed and happy.

Nora did you decide to make the trip chez Nutkin this weekend? Hope things are going okay with you love.

Lovely happy pic Snape

Is it a full stop now? Scrazy

Yep OWW All is brighter when the sun shines. You know all that talk of patio slabs. Its made start work on replacing my gravel path at the top of the garden. 2x2 slabs are bloody heavy. I am blaming it all on wine if I do my back in.

Hmm. Still pondering this marriage thing.

48 do we need to get the Crash Carp out?

Scazy you tried, he wasn't the right thing for you and you can feel proud that you've made a conscious choice not to settle for anything. It is hard though, sneaky (((hug)))

Snape you both look totally loved up and happy.

What exactly are you pondering about it 48 ?

So lovely to hear about everyone's good news, positively heartwarming.

Snape good news about your elbow and even better about the children doing the housework.

Tigsy I think there's almost always an element of sadness to moving, I hope it passes quickly and is replaced with pleasure in your new life.

Scrazy I hope you're ok, I know it's hard and shitty, I'm really sorry it didn't work out for you.

OWW it's fantastic to hear you sound so positive, Lovely who ?

Flipper how are you ? I hope you're feeling happier today.

Nope, no Nutkin visiting - EVAH ! He's busy flirting away via text and intermittently tells me that he wants to see me, yeah ? well fun you, motherfunner. It's a fallow period in Noraville.

Hello Twinny, Joy, Rose , Juliette, Kirsty, Bant , Bill , Wine, Yoga, Ike and everyone else, I hope you're all enjoying the bastarding sunshine.

Great pic Snape. He might be nameless but not faceless to us anyway.

The sun is shining and I've got a long weekend so intend to drink lots, go to the pub for more drinks and sunbathe in the day.

Looks like it's full stop now because it's too painful to continue in it's present form. I have to move on.

I have no dating news but I am very excited as I decided this morning that I am heading to Blackpool tonight .. Just got to pack a bag and fill the car .. Got a b&b booked for tonight and tomorrow I am picking up my VIP speedy pass for the Pleasure Beach and I am going to go on all of the roller coasters .. And enjoy a song song on the drive

Delighted that there are so many happy and positive people on here at the mo .. Really great and gives me hope that one of these days I'll feel the same

I have a date after work tonight.. forgot to take my hayfever tablet this morning so I keep sniffing and blowing. Not very attractive :(

This is a guy I've been talking to for a couple of weeks online, not feeling very confident about myself because my last couple of dates went weird/ignored me!

Any tips?

Yep. Crash carp needed!

Well Kin I not sure I like the the fact that he would only marry me if he thought he had to. Fickle. Me. No

Sorry about Nutkin. His loss.

No expert Wine Just if you want a job doing and all that

Well you gave it your best shot Scrazy

Have a blast Kirsty

48 you don't think he was phrasing it like that in case that was what he thought you wanted to hear ? Especially if he knows you've been pretty much anti-marriage in the past ...

Hello Coral there are better people on here than me to give advice but I think it was Flipper's suggestion that you should always remember that you are the prize.

You know, if you do mention marriage and the other person says they would you can end up married. Just saying.

Scazy you'll do it, you're also allowed to wallow a teensy bit it's very raw still

Kirsty yay for roller coasters. I'm too chicken for that to the extent that I have 'go on a roller coaster' on my bucket list. I did. I won't again

Coral just follow the rules at the beginning of the thread and most of all remember you are the prize

oops I see Kin got there first on the prize thing!