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Original poster

My sister wants a man. Does anybody know where you find them?

28 replies

maretta · 24/10/2006 12:34

I'm not just being interfering - my sister would really like to meet a nice guy, she's just not very good at it.
She has all the desirable qualities and more - she's 29, slim, attractive, good job, very artistic, friendly and no baggage.
She's just moved to a new area and she's quite shy. Has anybody got any good ideas for what worked for them.
My advice, by the way, is useless. I shared a house with my husband at uni so I met him when I found him on the sofa in my living room.

OP posts:
Callisto · 24/10/2006 14:16

My brother needs a woman. He is good looking (I think), 40, no baggage, just starting own business as an electrician, has own house and two cats... (he lives W Midlands btw).

Callisto · 24/10/2006 14:18

Sorry, that is probably really unhelpful. Try internet dating/speed dating, joining clubs etc. Don't try and find a bloke, try and find friends and the bloke thing will happen.

BATtymumma · 24/10/2006 14:19

i have no idea but if she finds a place that sells them, see if they are on offer as i could really do with one too

yorkshirelass79 · 24/10/2006 14:21

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MrsDoolittle · 24/10/2006 14:23

speed-dating
Two of my bestest friends met their men speed-dating.
One met her chap two years ago speed-dating, she fell out with her flat mate (also my friend) because she wouldn't take them seriously because they met speed-dating. They got married this summer, a beautiful wedding.
Anyway, our scoffing friend went speed-dating last year and has had to gobble some humble pie. She has just got engaged to a lovely man she met speed dating last year.
Both girls are lovely, beautiful people in their late 20's. Very dear friends who just worked so hard they didn't get out enough to meet the right guys.

marymillington · 24/10/2006 14:27

I agree with Callisto. Find some mates first. Then finding a bloke is a lot easier.

lemonysnickett · 24/10/2006 15:17

a friend is divorced with 2 grown up sons...very hard to a decent man ..she is 44. Though she has lots of friends..a lot of them are in the same position..she is beginning to feel there is no hope...any suggetions?

Original poster
maretta · 24/10/2006 15:23

Thanks guys.

My sis is on south coast so probably a bit too far from West Mids - otherwise it's very helpful!.

OP posts:
gegs73 · 24/10/2006 15:29

Two friends of mine registered on www.match.com
One of them is now living with someone she met, and the other person hasn't met anyone special but has been on loads of dates which she wouldn't have normally done, and feels like she is doing something positive to find a man. Might be worth a try.

arsenelupin · 24/10/2006 19:02

A close friend joined an action group she approved of and met her DH through that, so if yor sis is into Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Amnesty, etc., it's worth going to a couple of meetings, as she's more likely to bump into someone she has something in common with, in just the right place to have a good chat - as someone else said here, it's a good way of making good friends as well.

Schokofruhstucksflockenhasseri · 24/10/2006 19:55

forget being arty, re-train as a software engineer. Yet again, Im the only woman in my team, the only woman on the project, and the only woman on the whole floor apart from the team assistent as far as I can see.

The guys arent bad either. Well, theyre engineers. My neighbour on one side is a goth and wears a floor length black leather coat, and my neighbour on the other side blows his nose with a sound like elephants trumpeting (god help me, if he gets a cold this winter he is unlikely to survive it). But hey, they're men.
Does that help?????

chocolateshoes · 24/10/2006 20:06

Maretta Snap! My sister is in the same position - slightly older (34). Lives in the Isle of Man. Always seems to go for the 'wrong type'. Any one have an eligable bro there??

hermykne · 24/10/2006 20:09

oh maretta i could write the same for my sis, but she is quite confident no probs there its just finding one she sees a futrue in .

TheDaVinciCod · 24/10/2006 20:10

ooh ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
at a rugby club tell her

TheDaVinciCod · 24/10/2006 20:10

fidnt he local pub that the rugby youngsters dirnk in

hermykne · 24/10/2006 20:16

cod a rugger bugger - oh please, yuck. some ponced up junior accoutnat type .
my sis been there done that.

TheDaVinciCod · 24/10/2006 20:17

sorry thats a no then?

TheDaVinciCod · 24/10/2006 20:17

but this isnt for you r sister is it?

hermykne · 24/10/2006 20:18

especially in dublin ireland!! its full of them

Sophiev73 · 24/10/2006 20:18

I so mis-read that thread title as 'My sister wants to be a man'.....

FioFio · 24/10/2006 20:19

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munz · 24/10/2006 20:19

I live on a camp full of em! - a;thou wou;dn't subject any single lady to a load of sqaddies! lol.

scarysuejonez · 24/10/2006 20:20

was going to say that if you look down the back of the sofa, then you can generally find a few old ones that you haven't seen for a while. But I see thats exactly where she found her DH so she knows that...

hermykne · 24/10/2006 20:20

same age group thou
i think that whole scene is very appearance orientated.

nice evening class as someone else said or the gym / yoga / hill beach walking groups,

i suppose whatever her hobbies are to explore those options

SherlockLGJ · 24/10/2006 20:23

I know some verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry attractive rugger buggers who were more Managing Director material, hermykne are you in the wrong rugby club ???