Good luck @Mayzee - that sounds positive. Terrible isn't it how guarded we all become about the likelihood of things being too good to be true, or looking for the inevitable downside? Fingers crossed there just ISN'T one here.
@Bunkbedpeople yes I like that phase of doing innocent nice things to please the other person, in that lovely sense of knowing they don't expect it. Really hope MrC gets to come home next week and the depilation will not need to be revisited 
I'm shit at underwear - the most glam I get are Gossard Glossies which I LOVE... what the feck do men even want in terms of underwear - I have no idea.
@Ruralbliss - a few days after he'd parked me, bleating he was too stressed and tired to come and see me, and getting ever more strangulated in his messaging, he finally said he was under just SO much pressure that he couldn't even manage a 5 minute call for us to say goodbye and close things off. This was after initially saying he just needed a week to sort himself out, having love bombed me massively and promising to help support me through my upcoming court hearings with exH and even decorate my house (
). On a whim I redownloaded Tinder which had been previously deleted, and saw him come up almost instantly with a different profile description and photos. Took a screen shot and sent it to him on WhatsApp with an angry 'wtf - you can't be THAT stressed and overwhelmed' message - he denied that it was him (there isn't an eye roll big enough) and then blocked me. Because they are the actions of a man telling the truth, clearly .
What a twat. I do find it really tragic how emotionally immature these men are, that they really can't be upfront about the fact they over promised, or have changed their minds, or lost the spark, or whatever it is - it's not exactly rocket science. Your narcissistic ex (mine was also first proper attempt at dating after marriage) sounds ludicrous - announcing anything on social media makes me feel a bit bilious - but classic narcissism 101.
@jigglypuffcookie if I really like the look of someone I will message them first but mostly wait for them to message me.
Weekend roll call here: supposed to be driving up to London on Wednesday to have a kind of work visit to MrR - he's just been made redundant but is involved in a start up in an area I have 'expertise' in and myself and a friend are going to visit his studio to give our opinion on what they're doing... will be a bit odd and our first 'official engagement' in front of a friend. We're also still tentatively hoping to be going away to Tenerife on 16th for 5 days... I've just ordered my compulsory covid test which will need to be sent off beforehand. I'm getting a bit giddy at the thought of wearing heels, summer clothes, and god forbid a bit of make up, and going out to an actual restaurant... so exciting I can't even.
It's all going really quite well - but I too am plagued with 'what's the catch?' worry. Surely, just surely, this is too good to be true?