Did I just get chatted up??

[BertieBotts]

A man has just been to install my new shower. First he asked if it was OK to put the bar at the same height or did I have a tall partner, then he said my cooking smelled nice, made some friendly comments about how it must be hard on my own with DS, then he managed to spray himself with the shower while testing it and get soaked, and finally he restapled the horrible bit of carpet back to the side of the bath where DS had ripped it off, just as a favour without me asking or even mentioning.

Then when he left he said "You've got my number, haven't you? ...In case you have any problems." He didn't wink but there was a definite twinkle in his eye.

Oh don't tempt me with talk of more sockets, this is a Victorian house and there are only about 2 in each room.

He did make a note to the landlord about the master switch for the shower being too close to it so maybe he's hoping to get called back to move it.

I could always come up with a random other job for him to do in a few weeks if nothing happens with this other guy. I have been thinking of getting a dishwasher and I think my landlord would prefer I had someone professional to fit it.

There you go then The perfect excuse to call him back.

plumber/electrician...who gives a shit ?

he is working, a nice bloke, very handy to have around...

what more do you need ?

leave the other guy on the backburner and give this one a whirl

Excuse to call him back, excuse to get a dishwasher, sounds good to me

Probably chicken waiting a few weeks but I really want to see what happens with my friend first, don't want to complicate things.

< flaps elbows and struts around thread >

BB would you mind if I got mine fitted while you are waiting?
seriously - carpe diem
go for the bird in hand and the one in the bush (sorry) will follow or not

This othere bloke needs to be a bit quicker off the mark actually - I don't think you should miss out on an actual opportunity for the sake of an inert potential one.

who has got his hand in her bush ?

have I missed something while I left to put a load of laundry on ?

.. or what HB said

Well.. since I don't even know whether he is single, I wouldn't be that bothered if someone else got there first. I don't know anything about him - don't even know his name, he told me on the phone when he was arranging appointment the first time, but I forgot. I didn't look to see if he had a wedding ring on or any other obvious things like that. I could always ring next week though rather than in a few weeks, to get a quote for dishwasher and see how keen he sounds.

Also I really like the other guy but think he might switch off and think I wasn't interested if I went on a date with someone else. He's on holiday at the moment so can't speak to him anyway. My gauge of it is that I would be upset if he started dating someone else - I'd get over it, but it would bother me.

Oh I don't know, this could end badly..

You could be sitting there on your couch in 20 years time with your other friend (now hubby), bored as usual, switching from the News to some stupid reality TV programme in which they film raccoons mating with Elephants in the Big Brother Zoo..

Upstairs is a backed up toilet, caused by your hubby's addiction to that awful take-away down the street, where he knows damn well that the curry there gives him the scuts but is too useless to unblock the loo himself, leaving you to do it..

So you leave the stupid couch and go up to the stupid toilet to unblock your stupid hubby's crap with tears in your eyes, half due to the stench and the other half due to the agonising memories that the stupid toilet brings back..

'The plumber who got away'

Go on......... go on, go on, ring him!!!!

celtic...the bloke is an electrician

otherwise, I'm right with ya !

Ah balls

sorry tobe a party pooper but I think you need tocalm down.

I am MUCH older than you and if I had rsponded to every similar chat up line I'd be well...I don't know where! I had one horrible tiler once who ( well, I didn't HAVE him IYSWIM) who said he wanted to brush a bit of fluff off my bottom as he walked up the stairs behind me. The there were the bathroom fitters who joked about sharing a bath ( new double ended bath being installed.)

Look, you know absolutely nothing aboutt is guy- maybe is a player who chats up every woman he meets. Maybe he has 6 kids and a wife.

if he's got an ounce of balls and helikes you, he'll find a reason to call- such as "Is your shower working okay now?".

Leave it- you are so young, it's not worth chasing someone who you don't know a thing about.