Good, and bad experiences.
First, let's start with the good. Responded to a random post by friend of a friend on an internet site. A Lady replied. This let to more replies on other posts, and then some flirting, MSN, phone and six months later the idea that we should meet.

The result is that she visited and was a) lovely b) intelligent c) pretty and d) sexy. Only downside is that she lives 1,000+ miles away.. may well work well as a friend to have fun with though

This is continuing a pattern though - the ones I get on with move away by coincidence very shortly afterwards. The others are all mad.

Of course you all want to hear about the bad experiences, to which I can only say : insisting on a full length photo and a phone call prior to meeting is essential. Oh, and meeting at a pub/coffee shop for a quick drink is always the way dates should go - they can be extended if necessary.

Starting with the most recent offer from Hormonal Lady, who throws all the warning signs before we've even met. Far too needy, gets jealous of anyone else I've met and is way too prescriptive of how to meet - it *has* to be a Saturday night to take her out, she 'doesn't go out in the week' and doesn't like the compromise of Sunday lunch.

That's really the thing that annoys me most about straight dating - the expectation that it's always the bloke who should move heaven and earth to arrange the date. Not going to happen - we meet at a time convenient for each other, have a nice drink and either it develops, or it doesn't.

There was the woman who's ex was a chinese spy (nice date, but she subsequently tried to arrange me to be a convenient booty call), the one who lied about smoking and drinking, the one who obviously wasn't attracted and bailed as soon as possible (I look better than my picture, just what was she expecting?).

Oh, and a final note to the date before last, which was mostly fun although my date did push things a little fast. The time to say that you prefer men/women with bigger/smaller/more/less body part/attribute is *after* you've been to bed with them, not during. If you get to the clothes off stage and find things aren't what you want, learn to adapt and have fun.. I don't complain that I've seen nicer *whatever*, so neither should you.
(EssY, Fri 14 Sep 2007, 14:43, Reply)