Dating thread 153- The adventures of... [Title edited at OP's request]

[30somethingandsingle]

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. 11. Do unto others as you would have them do to you.

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

Link to Info on Dating Websites & Apps www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/3514717-List-of-Dating-Site-Info-Dating-Thread?watched=1

Link to previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/3543468-dating-thread-152-onwards-and-upwards

Jesuis - Sounds like my ex. He's off work this week and some of the convos he showed me looked a bit 'one sided'! Bless.

jeSuis yep kick him to the kerb!

Hope everything's going well for @CocoKoko123. Not posted for a while.

@HairyArsedMan I have just snuck back onto your PoF profile because even I got curious about your height and your profile is still waaaay too long. What's going on?

@MrDrummer - Really, I thought I'd chopped it

I did decide, executively, that I do want to have a profile that is as tall as me says something more about me though.

HairyArsed - Ooo, can I have a look, lol. Sitting her with nothing else to do.

Also @MrDrummer 3 (unsuitable) views all week on there, so it hardly seems to matter !

Home from my date with MrFox.

White wine down my silk red top, couldn't hide it, he spotted it straight away and we had a good laugh at my expense.

Fantastic evening with a good snog at the end. Didn't want to leave

@HairyArsedMan When I was growing up, we had the Encyclopedia Britannica at home. An incredible tome of fascinating information... 99.999% of which never got read.

Honestly, please... your profile is giving me anxiety! You can probably half it and say the same stuff. I have been told many times, even before this thread, that long profiles make a bloke sound too intense. You're a great guy, principled, honourable, fit, healthy, good looking (probably )... you should be beating them off with the proverbial shitty stick... yet you insist on self-sabotage!

Hairy- I agree with someone who said if you don’t say height I assume you’re short. But totally agree with drummer, less is more. Save some stuff for messaging

@MrDrummer Ok, ok - I'll try again ! It's miles shorter on Tinder/Bumble obvs.

@HairyArsedMan Thank-you... I will sleep easier tonight!

I would bloomin' hope they are shorter on Bumble, Tinder, etc. I think my tinder one is one sentence. Perhaps I ought to have a bit more in it, now that I think of it!

30something glad you had a good night.

jesuis he sounds a bit desperate and can’t leave the phone alone. Like he can’t help himself from messaging. Think I’m with others in saying either cease contact or cool it off a bit.

Hairyarse I've looked again and I think it's definitely better now.
I still say add a more formal dress picture though. Shirt and tie 😍 please. Definitely right to add the height, I'd think you were a secret shortarse without it too.

Hi all I have transferred my profile from GSM to PoF.
Would be very grateful for comments - harsh as you please.

We have messaged about another date, we are both busy until next Thursday now, I asked what he would like to do and he said "let's have a think, we have all week to decide"
I would really like to jump his bones how do I word this without coming across as only thinking about sex even though I am.

Can someone tell me how tall hairyarsedman is? For some reason I'm desperate to know!

@Mythologies
Happy to take a look :)

I want to know how tall he is too

Oh menopausal insomnia how I love thee...

@HairyArsedMan look I'm awake at 4 wondering how tall you are... please put us out if our misery. And do stick it on all your profiles. I have my height - 5 7 on mine. Then we know and can make a shallow decision based on that without having to ask and then ditch.

@WarIsPeace and @HairyArsedMan I totally disagree in the shirt and tie. Its an automatic left swipe for me if any of the pics are in shirt and tie. Unless it's clearly a wedding. Butpreferably someone else's....I hate to see a man squashed into a suit.

@30somethingandsingle it sounds like he's thinking of a way to suggest a bit of mutual bone jumping.

@TooOldForThis67 I'm sorry about Mr Wow. I used to think you've got to get under to get over but these days I'm not so sure. I think you just find everyone else a disappointment fur a while. But then sitting around moping ain't great either. Not sure what the answer is. Time I guess.

I can't remember who else I wa going to reply to.

@JeSuisPrest shudders. Anyone calls me babe I'm out. In fact anyone calls me any endearment I'm out. I'm not anyone's sweeeheart/babe/hun until we've DTD and even then it's questionable.

Like lady. If anyone uses the word lady it's a left swipe.

Anyway. Mr Unsuitable has agreed to discuss staying when he gets back from his hols. He didn't run for the hills when I told him I really like him. Have a childfree week next week and I'm spending most (all) of it with him. Hopefully we can sort his situation out a bit. Although I'm a bit worried I'm going to turn into a rescuer. Which is not a good dynamic. Anyway all is not lost. I'm trying to sit bank and enjoy the ride. 😬

Oh yay 30 your date sounds great!

Not keen on being called babe or hun either.

I absolutely love a man in a suit ... definitely floats my boat 😂 So Hairy put your height in your profile* With long profiles it really depends how well-written they are. Streams of consciousness with little punctuation and random capital letters are an immediate swipe left!

Ok, I am a now probably underwhelming 189cm tall.

Thanks @WarIsPeace - still waiting for the next wedding or posh client trip to get into a suit and somehow contrive a photo shoot.

Myth I'll take a look again if it's any help?