Right! Ok, so, a bit about me - I’m a cliche quirky creative type living in south London lol, 32, got my own flat and dog (I will post pics of him if anyone’s interested), no kids, I’m bi but I swing between preferring men and women and at the moment (unfortunately) I’m leaning more towards men.
Iron 1, we’ll call him Gulags because in our initial chat we were joking about what UK location would be best to build a gulag and fill it with people we don’t like. He’s about 6 months out of an LTR and I’ve been stung by emotionally unavailable men not long out of rships in the past, so I made it clear I was up for hanging out but wouldn’t be rushing into anything with someone in his situation. At first, the chat was really good but it’s kind of fizzled out a bit and is more sporadic. We’re meant to be meeting Saturday but I’m leaving the ball in his court. We’ve kissed but nothing else.
Iron 2: let’s call him Beer Guy because his job involves craft beer. Was someone I briefly mentored in a professional capacity about 6 years ago, we carried on chatting a bit online ever since but don’t work with or adjacent to each other at all now. We hung out just before Christmas and I actually made it clear I wasn’t up for a date and only saw it as a platonic thing as guess what - he’s also not long out of a rship and he got dumped and is still upset about it, he’s also 27 so there’s a small age gap but he’s not as established/set up in life as I am, his industry isn’t the best for salaries and he’s in a temp house share at the moment which I don’t judge or see as a dealbreaker because I’ve been there and it’s par for the course in London but as I’ve got my own place I’m wary of dating anyone who might want to move themselves in! I think with him the prospects are only ever going to be casual but I’m not sure I can be arsed with that. He asked me on a date then kind of backtracked and said he wasn’t sure he was ready so I should probably bin him.
Iron 3: Comedy Dave (not the radio 1 guy, but a comedian. His name is not Dave). Not met yet but seems potentially promising - lots of the same interests and opinions, he’s creative and into similar music, I think he’s got his own place, I’m just concerned I might not fancy him in person as I can’t properly tell from his pics whether he’s cute nerdy or just…. Nerdy nerdy. Meeting on Sunday potentially.
That’s it for me as of now, I will update after the weekend’s dates!