Bloody hell I was just going to have a quick catch up whilst I'm having a coffee - what's happened this morning? Turbo charged thread on speed!
First of all though happy birthday 49 
A night to remember eh!!
Talking of nights to remember, sounds good for you too Hostess. Did the sussies do the trick then?
Yoga so glad things went well with Foodie. It's the whole thing of you can't tell til you meet them. Really 
for you. Lots of successful first dates around at the moment, it's lovely.
Beagle must admit that I've found that when people are interested, they show they are interested. But the telephoning thing has thrown me a bit, not sure what etiquette is here! I think I'd be tempted to send him a quick text (if I liked him) and see what the response was. One thing I will say is that it really shouldn't be hard work like this second guessing what's going on by the timing of texts and calls. I had a relationship with someone who kept me on edge like this and it was awful. Game playing isn't attractive, playing it cool isn't attractive (although neither is coming across like an over-excited puppy).
Woo hoo WFF getting very warm and fuzzy over your way!
Kitty don't feel bad about kissing him. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. Why do you feel bad by the way? If you both enjoyed it, surely it's a good thing? Like Nora says, I wasn't sure for a while if Alpha fancied me - he was lovely and attentive, but no action (and things are still going slowly but we are getting there ). I think a lot of it was him wanting to be polite and respectful and treat me properly - he seems to have been in it for a proper relationship from the start, and it's lovely to have the emotional side of things keeping pace with the physical. But there were signs there like holding hands, putting his arm round me etc, just not the sexy stuff. If there was no contact at all, it might be a different thing.
Bant way hey for clean loos but you know I am with Nora on this one (also being a soppy and incurably romantic cah). I so want you to be able to find a way for things to work out with Mermaid. Is it fair to keep on seeing Derby when you are pretty much Mr Emotionally Unavailable because of the Mermaid thang?
Gin well, well, well, things are looking up! Just meet up with both of them, and see how they are in the flesh. I really wouldn't read too much in to whether or not they message you questions. They could be worried about not being intrusive or something, very difficult to judge via message. I very rarely ask outright questions as steering the conversation in a particular direction usually gets you the information you're after without looking nosy! Great stuff, though. You can have a too.
Wag sounds good - are you waiting for him to suggest another meeting?
Flo does MrFlash have kids? I think that sometimes people who don't, don't realise what's a good idea or not. Could just be he thought he was being helpful suggesting a child-friendly meet up. Hope the late bloke turned up . . .
Nora was that on the bottom with a Woman's Weekly then? (The results take so long because it's two weeks or so to get them through back to the hospital, then they have a team conference to decide on a treatment plan/options if these are needed so they can discuss everything at the appointment, which they are allowing a fortnight for being holiday season. . . I thought you'd be able to ring up and get your results but no - bit of a bummer to have all that extra waiting if you've got the all-clear).
All good here. I am very happy and excited about this whole Alpha thing, but it also feels, a bit paradoxically, very calm and easy and like things are unfolding exactly how they should. I know he likes me (well, more than likes me I think) and I'm sure he knows how I feel about him. It's fantastic. I am worried about getting in too deep and it all going wrong, but I don't really think it's going to at least not yet