Dating Thread 218: The one where we're respectfully selfish

[WeWantTheFinestWines]

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

@StartingAgain6369 it's Friday evening you're allowed a night off.

@SpringlikeBunk well done how long did it take?

@Isitreallyme177

Quite a few minutes really!

Was just mindful not to have the thing break or spill, my physical wellbeing has been like chaos recently with one accident or illness after another (one of my hands has lost some joint strength and mobility) so tasks like this can take a long time.

But I'm in the honey now so all's well that end's well

@SpringlikeBunk I struggle opening jars and bottles, always have. My mum has a gadget that she uses.

[quote SpringlikeBunk]@FabulousMrFifty
@Isitreallyme177

I know the whole thread and resident lurkers were worried so just to show the combination of your honey jar opening techniques succeeded 💪🏽[/quote]
It’s been a while since I’ve helped someone open their honeypot 😂

Try one of these, but it does look like somekind of weird male wanking device
Otstar 6 in 1 Multi Opener, All in One Bottle Opener, Can, Soda, and Jar Openers, Twist Off Lid – Jar Opener for Seniors and Arthritic Hands, Seniors with Arthritis, Hand Weakness (Black and Red) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085PR69ZS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_T07Y5QQDR8P7BS01M299?psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Toilet update ... it's not awful 😆

Thanks @FabulousMrFifty and @Isitreallyme177 that's on the list! x

Just checking in to say I've had an eye opening and not totally pleasant evening chatting to a very beautiful woman but suddenly my antennae were off and I blocked her. I think she may have been a catfish 😞

Was it "too good photos" @BelladiMamma ? I never know what to make of those.

Non-lubricated condoms open jars. Story of my life at the moment. Two deficits creating a positive!

But last Friday night I tried to 'hop over' a stairgate after a few gins but I misjuged it and fell. Lacerated my labia and had extensive bruising. Didn't want to bail on tbe date so went, but told him straight away. He was very nice about it and I stayed at his, and he took me to hospital the next morning.

And how did explain a “lacerated labia” at the hospital?

@SpringlikeBunk

Was it "too good photos" *@BelladiMamma* ? I never know what to make of those.

Yes swiftly followed by some requests for fantasies, then hard core porn.

I can tell you all now that an unsolicited clit pic is just as bad as any other sort

@myrtlehuckingfuge

Non-lubricated condoms open jars. Story of my life at the moment. Two deficits creating a positive!

I take it you don’t want to have a penis in the condom for that particular task ?

@FabulousMrFifty it does look like somekind of weird male wanking device

😳😳😳 dear lord! 😆

myrtlehuckingfuge
Non-lubricated condoms open jars. Story of my life at the moment. Two deficits creating a positive!
I take it you don’t want to have a penis in the condom for that particular task ?

Oh my god I'm dying here! Are you going to demo this for us, @FabulousMrFifty?

[quote Worried234]@SpringlikeBunk Well.... I do hope so.

But last Friday night I tried to 'hop over' a stairgate after a few gins but I misjuged it and fell. Lacerated my labia and had extensive bruising. Didn't want to bail on tbe date so went, but told him straight away. He was very nice about it and I stayed at his, and he took me to hospital the next morning.

Tomorrow is date 3, and I am fully healed up 😉[/quote]
And this just tops the lot. Sorry to laugh at your misfortune but this is hilarious! Thanks so much for sharing - you made by evening. Better luck for your next date!

@dancemom

Toilet update ... it's not awful 😆

Yeah..........the date I presume and not the toilet

@PurpleStripyScarf It can't get worse, can it?? 😂

@FabulousMrFifty I just braved it out and told them I'd hurdled and missed. The poor nurse chaperoning the Dr looked like she wanted to cry!!!

I think I may eaten too much cheese and am now dreaming as so far this evening I’ve read about.

Lacerated labia
Unsolicited Clit Pics
Contraceptives used as handy kitchen devices
And toilets which may or may not be awful.

Think I need my bed

@FabulousMrFifty

I think I may eaten too much cheese and am now dreaming as so far this evening I’ve read about.

Lacerated labia
Unsolicited Clit Pics
Contraceptives used as handy kitchen devices
And toilets which may or may not be awful.

Think I need my bed

It's just another normal day on Mumsnet

Dating advice now is democratic surreal post modernist @FabulousMrFifty

as opposed to the advice gems of yesterday. (I might try some myself).

@SpringlikeBunk lawd help us

That experience has just really given me the ick... haven't had one like that in a while

To the extent that I'm wondering why I ever thought being single / dumping MrA was a good idea 😞

Right. Come on Bella. Sort yourself out love!!!

@BelladiMamma

Maybe take a bit of time to process feelings - seems to have been a very turbulent month for you, give yourself a wee break to recover!

It sounds a bit woo but I know when I'm feeling vulnerable and swiping "straight after an interaction hasn't worked out" it seems to attract all the crazies straight off!

Plus I'm less emotionally resilient and I think we all agree you need a hide like a rhino to be on the apps.

[quote SpringlikeBunk]@BelladiMamma

Maybe take a bit of time to process feelings - seems to have been a very turbulent month for you, give yourself a wee break to recover!

It sounds a bit woo but I know when I'm feeling vulnerable and swiping "straight after an interaction hasn't worked out" it seems to attract all the crazies straight off!

Plus I'm less emotionally resilient and I think we all agree you need a hide like a rhino to be on the apps.[/quote]
I love your advice

Which I may or may not choose to take 😘

I'll have an enforced break for a good while in the run up to and over Christmas 🎄