I am a grown woman, yet I have a teenage crush on someone. Smack it out of me please.

[Operation]

I feel like a complete eejit, I am practically at the stage of writing K. I. S. S. I. N. G rhymes and doodling hearts all over my exercise book with our initials linked with a 4. (ok it's a little more x rated than that)

I am single, with children. He is someone who has done some work on my house. He is the first person I have felt an attraction to in years; I shut down that side of myself when with exh.

We always chat and banter when we see each other but I am almost certain there is nothing behind it from his POV; he is just a friendly person. I don't even know if he is single yet here I am mooning over him like a teenager.

I am also ovulating which is Not Helping. I just need to get a grip

What an arse he is chatting with you and leading you on.
Never mind, you'd better go to the gym or something to work thru that lust and pent up hormones.

Oh no, what a shame

Are you positive it wasn't his sister?

I know, how dare he be friendly towards me

Not unless he is very close to his sister

His loss!!

Shall we start an 'unsuitable crush on unavailable man' support group flight?!

My friend was trying to get me to text him this:
As it is valentines answer me this, are you single and if so can we kiss?

Glad I didn't now!

Oh dear, well a support group would be very congenial but I don't think I need support. I really need a stern reprimand.

I hope you find someone else nice, soon.

I am starting to wonder if there are actually any nice men still available, because thinking about it, it's likely they will already have been snapped up.

It's when you start looking up average years of marriage before divorce that you know you are desperate

Ok

GET OVER IT WOMAN

that help?

Cheers

er yes, a bit. Not really.

I am trying to tell myself it is just a crush, not like I was in love with him. That's not helping either!

PANTS!

Buuuuuuut, you said he was the first one you'd been interested in for ages so perhaps this is the start of your return to the world of lust romance?

Yes....I'm not sure it's a good thing though

How has your valentines been belle? Any gifts from the suitors?

Well, the clever one sent me two books via Amazon (he lives in Canada and is currently in Crete doing an archeological dig thing) - one Anais Nin and one even more "raunchy". They arrived yesterday.

Roses and chocolates from the other one (UK based) as expected!

Roses from ex DP (AF cunningly named him the Wick Dipper which is how I tend to think of him now). He's being exceptionally attentive but it's too late really and he'll never change.

I'm an ungrateful cow, aren't I?

Wow! You are in demand. Not so great if you don't actually fancy any of them though...

Ah, but I do still fancy ex DP - worse luck! I'll get over it. He's also DD's daddy so is around a fair bit. He stayed over last week but I made him sleep in the spare room (hah!). Ooooh, the restraint.

Fortunately, I fancy him more in abstract than reality. He pisses me off to the point where I could cheerfully punch him in about 5 minutes usually. He was good when I was ill last week though but I still managed not to weaken! Plus, didn't fancy anything much as was full of cold - which helped.

Oh bad luck, luckily I feel nothing for the dc's dad other than a kind of distant disdain

Distant disdain - that's a fantastic expression. I shall be using it a lot and striving to achieve it!

lol good luck

Operation, can I borrow your handyman? There's NOTHING to get a crush on around here! My hormones have given up & moved back to London without me

Belle... that's some valentine's haul!

operation (sorry to stalk you!!!) - have just read all the way through the thread with rising excitement and am now GUTTED for you - how very DARE he have a bl**dy girlfriend?

But as other have said, he was just the one to get your juices going as it were - sure there will be plenty more coming (and thank the lord you didn't send that text!!!)