What would you put in DATING THREAD 101....

[tanyadm]

The Rules:

1. The first rule about the dating thread is you don't talk about it with people you're dating.
2. Develop a thick skin.
3. Do not invest emotionally too soon.
4. It's all BS until it actually happens.
5. Trust your gut instinct.
6. People vanishing, lying & being generally weird is not your fault.
7. You are the prize-they should be trying to impress you.
8. If it's not fun, stop.
9. Loo update is mandatory.

10. No dating the thread.
11. Read Why Men Love Bitches (aka WMLB), and take from it what you will.
12. Don't serve up moose burgers on the first date (although this is still in debate right now)
13. Matthew Hussey also very useful. And very easy on the eye even if you don't find him any good.
14. IF THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANT A RELATIONSHIP, THEY DON'T WANT A RELATIONSHIP.

[JustEat314]

Oh Good! Dr Nice-Nerd has replied! Do I have an iron?! Well I've given him a name anyway.

The one I'm too good for anyway is on line but hasn't replied. I think it's better to be rejected by tall handsome men not too much older than you with great profiles than by men who ought to be biting your beautiful arm off.

[HandyWoman]

Ooh Yey 314!

[JustEat314]

Aw, he has sent me a nice message to say he's going to do some yoga and he will be back. I'm delighted by how fickle I am. Mr canceller shmanceller. I have a better iron. I don't feel the name I gave him is doing him justice.

[HandyWoman]

Ooh he sounds lush!

[JustEat314]

I don't know if I would say 'lush' but he is tall, healthy, lovely teeth! and I can sense straightforwardness from him. Ocelot checked out his profile

[HandyWoman]

Hee hee!

Straightforwardness....... A vastly underrated quality!

[JustEat314]

Yupp. It is palpable from this guy.

I wonder what vibe he gets from me. what is it that's instantly obvious about me, if only men would listen to their gut?! :-p

[JustEat314]

The 6'5" guy said something crude about our height difference so he can take a hike.

[DrFoxtrot]

Bloody hell Handy that is a curved ball! They always come back in the end...

Thanks everyone for your comments and hopes for Crumpet but I've not heard anything today. The last text was from me at 5pm yesterday. I'm not expecting to hear from again and I'm not really that bothered . I've been out with friends tonight, a lovely distraction and I think I have a new iron!

Just chatting at the moment but I'm enjoying it! I'll call him Landscape for now and see what happens, if I can warm him up into a proper iron!

Anna love the name change!

Ocelot and 314 in going to try the 10 irons challenge before May.

JollyX I like the sound of Karmiciron. I do need a man with moose hunting boots on. Crumpet has been appalling with communication and I don't care if it's his style. He is obviously not that into me. He's not for me, I'm well worth moose hunting!!

Freaky there has been an iPhone update which may have affected apps. You still have contact with Bacon and plans for Sat so it sounds like it's still all good.

[muddlingalongquitenicely]

Tonights joys of tinder in the west midlands...
Someone looking for a lady in to pegging, a couple looking for a lady to join in and someone looking for a partner to explore subspace.
I swiped left in all of the above!

[NineIrons]

What is pegging?

[NineIrons]

Either way muddling it sounds like a rich vein of prospects.

[ocelot7]

Yes Ivan confirm that 314s Dr NN seems very nice... :)

[JustEat314]

Pegging is a non-fluctuating exchange rate between two currencies for a pre-determined fixed period. Right? oooh peg me!

[TooSassy]

Omg. handy. If I loved someone and a letter like that landed I think it could possibly make me stop in my tracks

Amazing night. Conversation just flowed. Didn't want it to end. Given we know each other in RL and have REAL history this could turn into something more tricky.
I scanned thread. From recollection of the convo, the term that doesn't exist in French is the concept of British dating. Not a date per se. Although what constitutes 'dating' nowadays is questionable.

Sorry to all I missed. Must sleep. Alarm in 3 hours

[TooSassy]

Caveat = real history = know each other in RL. Nothing else has happened aside from a cheeky snog tonight

[HandyWoman]

Oh Sassy that's blimming grrreat! (Tony the Tiger moment). How do you know him and what do you mean by tricky?

More info please...... Hurrah for cheeky snog!

[muddlingalongquitenicely]

nineirons i think the stand out sentance from his profile message was "long for a woman to destroy my arse"
None of my right swipes matched with me so will keep on swiping later on!

[muddlingalongquitenicely]

Looking not long stupid fingers/phone

[TooSassy]

handy what are you going to do re the letter??

I know him via the last company I worked for.

[TooSassy]

handy what are you going to do re the letter??

I know him via the last company I worked for. When I say tricky I think it's always different when you know someone / have an existing relationship. We have always gotten on and I'd hate to lose the friendship we have. So I have to be cognizant of that.

[HandyWoman]

Well I read it again properly after picking my jaw up from the floor.

In it he writes that he is moving house 'after he gets back' and that 'I know where to find him' so I think I would need to write pretty swiftly to his old address.

I think the best thing is to put pen to paper in the next couple of days. And say that I've moved on. Which I have.

[HandyWoman]

I think if I seriously considered getting back with him, it would put me in the 'wistful' category, like him. It's not enough to override our fundamental incompatibilities.

[HandyWoman]

Ah Sassy I see what you mean. How did you leave it with him last night I don't mean the cheeky snog

[TooSassy]

handy so you're not even remotely tempted to see him again and see if there is anything there??

We didn't say anything after the kiss. I got in my taxi. He texted to make sure I'd gotten home. Thanked me for a wonderful evening and said we need to see one another again. He's French, I will let him do some of the running now. They don't like to be chased