Dating Thread 136 - Can Anybody Find Me Somebody to Love?

[ValMc1]

Dating thread 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

And a reminder - you don't know them until you know them!

Kin I love it when your masterful lol - I'm very much in control of the situation so will go with the flow. About to go on my next bucket list trip in a couple weeks - must stop being so impetuous !

Re first messages - I don't mind a simple 'hi' but 'hi sexy/gorgeous etc' will be ignored. But my pet hate is 'hi. Where are you?' It means they haven't read my profile because it clearly says where I live in the first line.

Love enjoy tomorrow's date with Mr CV. Sending you some chill vibes - relax! He likes you.

Val I have no great words of wisdom to offer just a hug and hope that a break clears your head. Sometimes we do things that help us understand ourselves better

Alpine I can't speak for all women but most that I know feel awkward when they get compliments. I'd rather know you had read my profile.

Dan having seen the speed a younger friend went through Tinder, swiping left, then yes the profile pic is the most important to get right initially.

I'm supposed to have a date tomorrow. I'll call him Mr Insecure because he's doing everything possible to put me off.

But on a positive note, a 35yr old has messaged me.

I came off online dating.

Have a crush on someone I work with. Not had a crush for years!!

Dan all of the sites I've been on have enough characters to give a quick run down of who you are - so much better than just photos - don't under estimate the written word!

So my date from last night has been very quiet today...2 polite messages so I'm thinking that's a no go.
I'm chanelling why MBLB and matching their effort which seems to work better for me these days.
Much less invested.

Time to get some more irons in the fire😍

Date on Fri. Am shitting myself. We get on like a house on fire.
What if he doesn't like me. What if the 3D reality of me is a disappointment?

How best to handle?

It's dinner. We know a lot of ppl in common, I know where he works (he's professionally registered so no reason to doubt his authenticity)

Im wary, which is fine, but I don't want to end up defensive

Toad in the hole!!!!!

Was that your dinner kin ?

How do you manage to get the batter to rise? Mine ends up looking like wet turds in a sea of custard.

I had alcohol for dinner. Was better than last night's sausage.

Bloke 3 called me after the football. He has seemed ok on messaging, were talking about meeting up on Monday, he called AND....

he could barely string a sentence together

I am now thinking I will have to back out completely lol. I can do proper banter, especially football, and he sounded like he really knew what he was talking about on messaging. I don't know if he was just completely shit faced but omfg. I may have had a lucky escape!

sosogood just chill. You'll be fine. Don't overthink that shit.

val to you

quite out of charcuterie the other night

Rolling in the floor - best autocorrect fail I’ve seen in a while 😂😂😂

daffo he is just drunk and will probably be really embarassed tomorrow.

I have had a good opening message from someone. Has read my profile. Witty, funny. Not hideously ugly. He has really hairy hands though. I'm talking werewolf here. Shall I reply and hope I could overlook that (and never date him after sunset)?

Ooh yes bendy. I love a hairy man. ;) be ready for the hairy chest!

My potentials are dropping fast

Bloke1 - is now a friend, messages me every few days. That one is a goner.

Bloke 2 - sends a message every few days then disappears. Have almost given up but he is away after I get back so we can't meet and I think that's why he's disinterested.

Bloke 3 - wants to meet but he's backwards about coming forwards and even if he was pissed, sounded weird on the phone

Bloke 4 - v interesting, love his profile, but he only has 1 pic and won't send me more and that is a big bad flag. He is my favourite though.

Bloke 5 - lives too far away but he is fantastically funny. V nice guy (widowed). Slightly concerned I might be too hard for him.

I now really quite fancy a shag lol fgs

daffo I'm pretty sure bloke 6 will turn up soon. He will be funny, clever and good looking. In fact, I bet you a fiver you'll have shagged him by the turn of August.

Hi Daffo

Bet is on Bendy! Did you reply to Mr Werewolf?

Kin you old devil you ;)

he has just told me he has deft hands....

Omfg bendy, there is hairy, hairier, and werewolf hairy and that is proper werewolf hairy

Now I love a hairy man but bloody hell!
He must have been dying in the heatwave. Like wearing a Persian rug.

Delurks to say OMG . I was married to a very hirsute man but he didnt have hands like that!

I had a WhatsApp conversation with Mr Hippy last night, had been avoiding her m for a while but was bored watching the football so thought I would message him back. He’s really fit but ruined things the other day by sending me a dick pic, I hadn’t messaged him since. Anyway hemoved on from the dick pic and send me a video, I told him that I had seen many and I wasn’t that interested and I asked him if it was as interesting as the football? He sent it anyway and now my eyes hurt.

Excited about my date tonight with Mr Campervan, he messaged a bit last night, we are going paddle boarding which might turn into storm chasing as the weather isn’t looking great. All was fine until he asked me ‘what pot noodle do you like?’ ,he is a chef so I’m a little disappointed , the date might be ruined by pot noodle.

Anyway, hope you are all recovering from the excitement of the football last night.

^Was that your dinner kin ?

How do you manage to get the batter to rise? Mine ends up looking like wet turds in a sea of custard.

I had alcohol for dinner. Was better than last night's sausage.^

That was rule #9 - I thought it was about time I gave in-date updates!

As for the batter, I've never had any issues with self-raising flour; it always performs as expected.

Encouraged to see that hairy chests are back in - guess I can cancel my regular Veet order now?!?

Blaming the football, but I got 3 Dick pics last night from guys I've been chatting to 🤦🏼‍♀️

All from guys I actually wouldn't have expected it from but I'm prepared to let it go on this occasion

They're just not pretty 🤷🏼‍♀️