Online Dating

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How many are doing online dating and hitting a brick wall? I decided to join a couple of well known dating sites about 18 months ago. Since this time I have nothing but losers, time wasters and creepy guys. I have really no idea what men actually want from these sites (apart from the obvious).

The type of dates I've had over the past few months, and thank god I have a sense of humour, have completely shocked me. I thought I'd list a few and hopefully, it will bring a smile and reach a few who have had similar experiences.

• I was to meet this guy I'd been chatting to at a local pub. As usual, being a mummy, I was running a little late and as I drove past the pub saw this really smart looking guy walk in. When I arrived, my date was indeed the guy I'd just seen. He greeted me with a handshake (bit formal) but ok...then offered to buy me a drink. We sat down, but all the time he was glum looking and never smiled and when he spoke kept covering his mouth. It was really hard going conversation wise so I decided to lighten the mood and told him a funny story..with that he burst out laughing...only to reveal he had no front teeth!!! To make matters worse, he decided he would go in for a toothless kiss on the walk back to my car.....taxi!!!!!

I turned up at a pub/restaurant I knew really well and started chatting to the barman (who I also knew). We were laughing and chatting while I waited for my date to arrive. Eventually, he leans over and says to me 'why don't you text him'..so I did, only to hear the beep on a phone go off at that exact moment. As I look around the bar area, tucked away in the corner was a sweaty, old guy beaming at me. He was at least 15 years+ older than photo and a good deal heavier...needless to say, the barman gave me the wink and I made a hasty exit after 30 mins.

I've had numerous guys that leave it to the last minute to confirm date which just makes me want to run for the hills. One guy, never showed up all together (luckily I never waited for him inside the pub), another text me 30 mins beforehand and said he 'wasn't feeling it'. The worse was a very well educated guy that took me out to dinner and we had a really nice time. Invited me the following weekend to come over to his neck of the woods, which was about a 40 min drive for me. 30 mins into my journey he calls me, says he is looking forward to me coming over and he'd just got back from rugby. I said I'd be another 10 mins. Then I got a whatsapp message. Pulled over only to read..that he wasn't feeling it and that I should turn around now and go back home!! Wtf!! I went to call him as I was incredibly angry only to find he blocked me!!

I would love to connect to people with similar stories...

I met one guy who seemed ok initially but 15 minutes into the date he leans over and says “you do know the world is flat don’t you” 😵 he then spent an hour telling me how the sky is blue because we live in a dome under the sea, and so on. I finally asked him “who built this dome” (by this point of the date I knew all I’d take away from it is a funny story) and he says... “demons”. I made my excuses and left!

Another guy I met at a very busy central London station, just as everyone was finishing work. He says hello then tries to grab me for a full on snog in front of everyone! I wouldn’t even snog a partner in the middle of a busy station, let alone a stranger!

Another guy, we lived opposite ends of London. So, as I usually do, I suggested to meet halfway. He said “you’ll need to come to me as it’s too expensive for me to travel through zone 1” (its costs around £2.50 😳 ). Needless to say I didn’t meet him.

Then there’s the ones that tell you post date that they’re actually in a relationship (or worse still, married) but say “but I’m up for some fun”. Erm, shagging an attached man is not my idea of fun!

Oh and another guy asked me on the first date if i’d Consider getting a boob job!

I hardly reply to anyone now, but just today one guy msgs me, he looked ok, same age, decent profile so I thought oh ok, i’ll message him back. He then sends a stream of messages demanding my number, more photos (I do have 3 on my profile!) and asking whether I wear high heels 😒 )

I have given up hope to be honest!

Oh and I forgot, what to me, was the worst one. We didn’t actually meet but we started talking in the September, but I was going away for 3 months. I told him and he said he wanted to keep in touch still so we continued WhatsApp chatting, being flirty etc. He was still using the dating site but obviously I didn’t have an issue with that, given I wasn’t around. I came back the following January and we started talking about meeting up. He said he wasn’t on Facebook or anything like that.

Anyway, randomly one day, Facebook suggested him as a friend! I looked on his profile and he had actually got married in the December! Cheating is bad enough, but cheating through the planning and actual wedding period??? I couldn’t believe it. So I sent him a message saying “your wife looks like a lovely and sweet lady, and I suggest you concentrate on your marriage instead of looking for other women online”. He never responded!