Dating thread 177. Drinking Prosecco on our own trying to arrange a christmas snog

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1. The first rule about the dating thread is 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. Know your worth.
8. If it's not fun, stop.
9. Loo update is mandatory.

10. No dating the thread. 11. Treat others as you'd like to be treated 12. Any relationship you have that could get ruined by having a conversation about your feelings, standards and/or expectations wasn't really stable enough to begin with 13. The things you choose to ignore/ tolerate now are the reasons you will break up in the future

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

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Optional: Please give your irons (potential dates you are talking to) nicknames like Mr Scottish. Initials are allowed (Mr S) when you are an item

@TooOldForThis67 congratulations!!! I might need reminding who this was as can't keep up with the irons of everyone? Is it MrWow?.....(sorry if I've got someone mixed up!)

@JeSuisPrest such a lovely update as always, MrC sounds perfect.

Good luck to all who are swiping a lot again!

@Lovemusic33 I'm in an exclusive FWB situation. We see each other regularly, hang out, always physical stuff too. I know deep down we can't have anything long term as he is a bit all over the place practically and I'm much stronger emotionally. Ideally I'd want someone to look after me in that respect but for now, this suits me. I'm hoping someone does come along one day to sweep me off my feet like some others here but this works for now.

A thread pregnancy and a proposal, all in the same year!

TooOldForThis67 congratulations!!

Congrats to you and Mr Gardener @TooOldForThis67 What a whirlwind. Will you start your divorce proceedings now?

I used hinge and also got caught by the likes. And I rarely like anyone. I think they must put all heir best forward first! You can reply to messages from those who like you though without using up a like.

Ah congrats tooold

Have fun pretender

@shitwithsugaron I deleted hinge pretty quick. I get on better with tinder/bumble. I'm hoping now we're near new year some more people will start to appear 😂

I've got an iron that I started speaking to about a week ago, we've moved it to snapchat.... let's call him Mr Physio. He looks my type tbf and seems nice enough. We've moved it to snapchat now- we'll see if a date actually materialises soon.

@PerfectPretender hope you have a fabulous time!

I'm off to a family lunch with Mr Ad today. I've already met his parents and sister but his sons are going to be there too and I haven't met them yet-scary!

Congrats too!

Whoop congratulations @TooOldForThis67

Good luck sunshine

Good kick @Sunshineandflipflops how old are his boys. Does he have them a lot? I went to Mr B's recently whilst his son was in bed. Never done that before!!

Good luck @Sunshineandflipflops

Ah MrIT and I were up messaging last night and we swapped numbers (initiated by him). So in paper he seems into me, but still no time for our date today. I'm just swiping and talking to possible irons today and just enjoying the flirt. But I feel so frustrated about MrIT

@Eesha He's absolutely not perfect, but neither am I 😯, as much as I keep telling how lucky he is to have me 😂 No one gets to their 40's without having some baggage, but there's nothing that's a deal breaker for me.

Good luck today @Sunshineandflipflops, you'll be fine!

@PerfectPretender hope you have an amazing few days with MrG, we'll understand if you're not on here often!

In other news STBXH has another GF - she waved at me through his window when I picked DD up 🙋‍♀️ I asked who she was - all I got was a first name and "it's early days" - not so early you thought it too soon to introduce her to DD though 🤔?

Ooh @TooOldForThis67 how exciting!!!!! When can we all go out and buy hats? CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉🍾🥂

(Maybe all my proposals were lost in glitchy Hinge messages like @shitwithsugaron 😂😂😂)

Omg a proposal! Congratulations @toooldforthis67 how lovely! Can we hear the back story please? I'm fairly new to the thread!

I stayed up til 5am with Mr Curls. Had such a lovely time together. Insecurities are kicking in though (they always do!) about me having kids and him being a gorgeous, solvent, childfree man and an absolute catch and is he just hanging around waiting for someone better to come along? He mentioned last night that it was scary to think that I had kids because it wasn't something he'd ever dealt with before (he's 32)

Wow. Congratulations @TooOldForThis67

Fab is quite busy. I occasionally check out my blocked list because it's funny and many have logged in within the past 24 hours.

@shitwithsugaron hugs for you 🌻

Aw @shitwithsugaron Someone will show up soon (and Hinge does have a delay on the messages so expect your irons will know that)

Well I have a date with MrMedia2 on Monday (what it is with my lack of imagination in naming irons?) If he had his personality and looked like Mr Beard he would be my ideal man. As it is I am thinking we might end up friends, but who doesn't like more friends?

Also got a new iron Mr Dreads who invited me to his 6am Facebook meditation session? Does this sound odd to any of you?

Also @Neverexpected2 your flaky train iron might live near me, all my trains for my day out with friends tomorrow are cancelled or pending cancellations and it's been like that for weeks so I'd give the benefit of the doubt if you are up North!