Dating Thread 203- Love is in the air!

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The Rules:

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 14. OLD can get very time consuming. Keep doing other activities you enjoy.

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.

@SpringlikeBunk rule number 7 is basically what I live by 🙄. I’m going to embroider it on a tapestry cushion in case I’m ever tempted to stop self sabotaging over Mr Beard.

@VanGoghsDog I think MrSeaofTwats has to be the best iron name we have ever had on here. I almost want you to hit it off with him so I can keep enjoying it 🤣. Anyway hope you have a wonderful birthday and enjoy the gin!

MrLocal looked a bit like Steve Arnott come to think of it. Minus the waistcoats. Maybe that’s why I didn’t mind him not being tall. I miss him!

@frankiefirstyear I actually wonder what goes through some men’s minds when they go to the trouble of filming dick videos. I got quite a few from Mr Marathon and he didn’t seem to care that I had him on all socials and knew where he worked, the running club he was a member of AND who his coach was. I could so easily have taken my revenge when he turned out to be an absolute wanker in the figurative as well as literal sense. I’d have enjoyed thinking up the captions if I hadn’t deleted the evidence...

@Heartbeats0708

No *@frankiefirstyear* that was Mr O! So are you and Mr M back on? I missed that! *@SansaClegane* no real tips other than try not to put too much pressure on you/him/it, see how it goes, keep it short and sweet!

I think I lost track of the thread when MrPolo came on the scene 🤦‍♀️ so got a bit lost there sorry!

Yes back on with MrM but in very different ways in terms of future planning. He absolutely hates analysing where I love it 🙈 but we have basically let go of the dreams of blending and now just offer each other a sort of heaven on earth deal every couple of weeks and loads of ridiculously soppy texts and calls in between.
We both want exclusivity but because of his flakiness and wobbles I felt I didn't want to miss out on any other potentials, but really it is him I want and when MrKids sent me an eye watering dick video it just felt very wrong and put to bed my ideas of attempting to multi date.
If he freezes me out again and stops communication like he done before though I will have to bin him. I should probably try to think of a way to word that to reiterate how that will be the end if it happens again 🤔

@UtterSocks 🤣🤣 I can't recall ever receiving one before, especially from someone I've never met, nor spoken to! I'm not sure how or why any man doing a helicopter dick 'dance' would in any way woo or entice a woman to meet let alone continue to text 😰 goodbye MrKids 🤣👋

[quote frankiefirstyear]@UtterSocks 🤣🤣 I can't recall ever receiving one before, especially from someone I've never met, nor spoken to! I'm not sure how or why any man doing a helicopter dick 'dance' would in any way woo or entice a woman to meet let alone continue to text 😰 goodbye MrKids 🤣👋[/quote]
🤮 I used to get them from an iron who couldn't see me during lockdown but after a while I was just this is soooo not sexy for me even if it is for you. You're basically just an exhibitionist, or deluded - it's like you can't believe that you have an actual dick unless you send me a photo of it 🤢

Avery commitment without cohabitation is exactly what I want!

Thank you guys for the support.

Well I'm back to Tinder a couple of potential guys on there which is good, but conversations run dry, I miss that buzz you get when you click in a conversation.

Just had a great charmer...
'Which is the most recent pic?
'This one'
'Oh you look slimmer in the other one'

Unmatched. What a knob head

@UtterSocks whats stopping you getting back in touch with mr local? Sounded like that worked for you?
Happy birthday @VanGoghsDog 🧀🎂

@averywittyusername @Marlboroandmalbec34

Yes I like the commitment with cohabitation phrase, exactly what I'm after.

I've lived alone with kids and pets for 6 years, can't imagine changing that when until the older (if at all!)

Happy birthday vangough 2 cheese parcels ! I am well jell, I want that more than I want a boyfriend!

What a twat counts

Still chatting to my iron, meeting at the weekend I want to call him Mr DrownedCoeliac but I fear that’s too long so it might change 🤣

Happy birthday Vangoghsdog hope it's been a good day.
I received a dick pic once and the guy had a ruler next to it - eye wateringly big.

I meant the guy who you unmatched counts wasn’t calling you a twat. I’m totally the same 2 young kids, pets and can’t imagine moving in with a man till my kids have left

@vangoghsdog happy birthday

Happy Birthday @VanGoghsDog 🥳

HELICOPTER DICK DANCE

@VanGoghsDog

Happy birthday!

@Marlboroandmalbec34 I do like Mr DrownedCoeliac as a name though! It’s just if you can be bothered to type it 😂

@countesskay wow, what a charmer! I’m sure all these men who make comments like that think they’re god’s gift and that we aren’t scrolling through pics thinking “you look marginally less gormless in that one” ...

@Shayelle2009 I am stopping myself getting back in touch with Mr Local as he seemed a bit upset with me when I ended it and I genuinely didn’t mean to hurt him so I am a bit confused. He was the one who said he did not ever want a relationship, but we also rarely texted and never did anything together. I never stayed overnight. We weren’t even FWB, just basic FBs but I was fond of him and don’t want to seem to mess him about 🤷‍♀️ Also my DD utterly disapproved - I mean I don’t discuss dates with her but she knew I was seeing two men and was quite frosty about it. I always thought she might grass me up to Mr G one day....

I’m pretty useless at this! I can attract men but have no comprehension of what they are about once I meet them. I genuinely feel like nobody ever says what they mean or means what they say.

I’m never married, no kids, 40 in a few weeks, lived alone 12 years and couldn't ever imagine living with a boyf/partner again. But never say never of course.. can’t predict life sometimes

@UtterSocks it does sound a bit awkward, do you think he’d be offish if you got in touch? It does sound like you regret cutting him loose.

What do you all do when you've been through all the men on an app and the very few you feel attracted to haven't responded, but there aren't any more?! I feel like joining another app would likely be the same men... Give up, I suppose?

Happy birthday @VanGoghsDog love that cake posted upthread!

@Misty9 I come off them for a bit then set up a new profile. The algorithms seem to send you the pick of the bunch first then when you have been online a while start serving up to old timers! Or try a new app. I’ve done most of them. I feel I should get a certificate sometimes.

@Shayelle2009 I don’t know if Mr Local (actually should call him Mr L, we were together 7 months) would be offish but I would not blame him if he was I guess. I do regret cutting him loose. I did I it as I was leaning into commitment with Mr G, but now I think I acted too soon. For all the reasons I’ve already bored you all with. And I miss my sexy pirate...

@Misty9

It's worth downloading others I think, I live in a big town and tinder is popular in my age range 32-45, I guess different areas have different app usage.

POF is popular too, you can hide your profile when your looking so people can't see yours.

The only thing with POF is you can get 'cold callers' because they don't have to match with you.

@countesskay yes that's what I do on pof, but I've been through all the options! I'm on hinge but again, after being on it for 3 days I've exhausted the options
I don't think I'm quite ready for tinder...maybe I'll just sack it all off again.

MrPM is going off about technicians again, not sure whether this means he's permanently dull as fuck or just being German.

But he remembered to be a bit flirtatious, so hopefully will be good next meet.

We only had a 3-4 hour drinking and small meal date so more to know for sure!

I decided to go honest and said I'd like to see him soon rather than pretend to play hard to get so let's see how that goes.

@Misty9 - I normally swipe through them all - definitely on bumble , sometimes Hinge - there’s more in tinder though I find.

I’m chatting at the mo with a Hinge match MrTattoo but not sure. He’s quite chatty though which is good - not like some of the one word wonders.

I’d have done the same as you though @UtterSocks I don't think you did the wrong thing by calling it a day at that time. It was the right action at that time.. maybe you should just message him 😆