Afternoon Dumplings, it's nice to have a new thread and once it's been peppered with sequins, CLGS's and penis texts, I'm sure it will be just as comforting as the old one.
Startingover, I agree with Loobie, it's not as if you're going to be sitting on the sofa wearing a wedding dress and clutching a bouquet when painter bloke next arrives - you need to have fun, spend some time being made to feel fantastic and get a bit of the other. I think it's natural to feel apprehensive but you should allow yourself the luxury of relaxing and having a good time, he sounds lovely and imo, the stuff about the relative discrepancies in your circumstances just doesn't matter, not at the moment at least .
Beauty, I'm so sorry that you've had a bad few days - I think we all do, you start to think that things are finally getting better and then something happens that causes a setback and you feel terrible again - in your case Womaniser and his rain-phobic coiffeur.
No, you're not the same as when you were 25 - none of us are - we're better, we're cleverer and funnier, less self-centred, more relaxed, we have more idea about what's important in life and we are quite excellent shags. You will meet a man or men who value all these things and you will wonder why you ever doubted yourself.
Blimey, I've come over all Marge Proops this afternoon ( not an attractive image ) off for a cup of coffee, I think.
Hello Mavis, Ifyou'rehappy, Dutchy and everyone else ( you'll have to excuse me if I've forgotten you, I have a dreadful memory and am barking mad ).