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The Dating Thread 74.

999 replies

MadeMan · 04/05/2014 13:44

Hello and welcome.

OP posts:
handfulofcottonbuds · 08/05/2014 18:36

canihaveaslice - I totally agree with your approach and it's how I work too.

I also don't try and get into what someone is thinking, maybe because I have enough with my own thoughts.

I've had some really nice messages, haven't come acros an idiot yet but am steering well clear of tights_sniffer

whitedoorbell · 08/05/2014 18:44

canihave sounds v promising.

whitedoorbell · 08/05/2014 18:44

handful tights sniffer???? really? ??? Confused Confused Confused

handfulofcottonbuds · 08/05/2014 18:51

Yep - never married apparently and 'looking for anything' - good luck with that!

Also helpfulguy who has been single for 46 years! 46 years!!!

Oh and another who spent his whole profile talking about his DCs and even has a profile photo of him with his DS and says as he has DCs, he doesn't have much time but is looking for someone to enjoy days out with him.....and his DCs. Why not join a Children's Centre if he wants someone to share playdates?

I'm being cruel, I have been contacted by some seemingly really nice people.

Italian man keeps looking at me but hasn't replied to my email damnit.

Chaseface · 08/05/2014 19:01

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whitedoorbell · 08/05/2014 19:01

handful fuck him... I would block him

which site are you on?

handfulofcottonbuds · 08/05/2014 19:09

It's fine, I'm chatting to others. One is dressed as a smurf and his arm is the same size as my waist. I've made it clear that I won't see him though, some are good just as friends and to chat to see how we're getting on. I make it clear from the start.

neiljames77 · 08/05/2014 19:14

Chaseface - the smile is a nervous reaction, that's why it's usually followed by, ....."what??.....oh that?........that's nothing. It's just me and my mates having a laugh."
I think if she did check Tinder, he'd have closed it the day after. Might be on others though.

I've had the shitty phone call after my disappearing act last night anyway!!!!

Rummikub · 08/05/2014 19:17

Oh no Neil! From her? You know you have to share...

Rummikub · 08/05/2014 19:18

handful do they accept that you won't see them, just chatting? Or do they push for more?

handfulofcottonbuds · 08/05/2014 19:31

They accept it and then tend to ask how I'm getting on and just chat and have a laugh, like the smurf. I really don't like body building but it fascinates me how someone can get that big.

neiljames77 · 08/05/2014 19:33

Rummikub - NO!!! Not from her. As I said a couple of pages back, she doesn't know my number or where I live. I've told my friend (who gave me the shitty phone call) that it has to stay that way. He just asked why I left without saying anything so I told him I didn't like her behaviour and she's the sort who'd cause a scene.
It's bugging me now because I wanted to see my mates again on Sunday but I know she'll be tagging along too. Plus, I think she's a bit of a user.

Rummikub · 08/05/2014 19:34

Yeah I've got a couple of muscled guys but they're really not my type. I've told them this but still chatting. I'm tiny, I'm tiny and I'd look ridiculous with a beefcake! It seems to takeover their lives I think.

Rummikub · 08/05/2014 19:36

It needed saying twice!

Rummikub · 08/05/2014 19:38

Hmm, that does sound awkward neil I did remember about her not having your detAils but thought your friend might have relented. Was your friend understanding? User? How?

handfulofcottonbuds · 08/05/2014 19:41

How tiny are you again rummi? Grin

He seems really nice, I definitely wouldn't date him though. He's too young and too big - I'm tiny too.

Rummikub · 08/05/2014 19:43

Grin so tiny I lied and said I was 5ft 1. I wish!

dippinmytoe · 08/05/2014 19:44

cotton you must be in my area as tights sniffer has contacted me too weird!!! If you are in my area we seem to have more than our fair share of weirdos

Rummikub · 08/05/2014 19:45

Do you think petite women attract muscley men? (On my sample size of 2!)

handfulofcottonbuds · 08/05/2014 19:47

Okay, I spoke too soon! Just had my first crude one. I checked his profile before reading the email and thought, teacher (tick), 38 (tick) good looking (tick), nice words on his profile (tick). Then I read the email......filth (untick all boxes)

neiljames77 · 08/05/2014 20:05

Rummikub - It's not that I'm tight or anything, I don't mind paying for everything or nearly everything but it never crossed her mind to even OFFER to buy a drink.(the cheeky bugger even moved on from vodka and coke to large Baileys)
She'd be better off as a footballers wife or something. She already looks like one. She's the total opposite of what I go for but it's something I got railroaded into really. I'd go up to a different mate's this weekend but he's got a sister who's a complete nightmare.

So there it is in a nutshell. In RL I get mates trying to pair me up with women who aren't my type and my brief stint with OD attracted the cast of Prisoner Cell Block H making vulgar comments. I might just walk around Tesco's and play the peppers game instead.

FolkGirl · 08/05/2014 20:20

What is your type then, Neil?

You never know, I might know someone...

whitedoorbell · 08/05/2014 20:29

neil I'll go out with you... what is the peppers game... sounds interesting

also Grin at the cast if cell block h

whitedoorbell · 08/05/2014 20:30

neil I am a cheap date. 1 strawberry cider and I am quite silly enough Wink

neiljames77 · 08/05/2014 20:33

FolkGirl - Just natural really. No orange tans, big fake eyelashes, loads of make up and hair extensions. Not keen on the ones that wear next to nothing (in public at least). Don't like the conceited bigheads either. Or the ones that don't get my sense of humour. Or the ones that aren't basically nice people.

I've just described the one from last night.