Dating or not dating.

[Mirror Image]

That'll be something for you to look forward to.   
It would be a big change. But I'm sure you could adapt to  it and also that it would prove to be an interesting challenge.

Indeed, it would be a big change, but I'd love to actually have a career and make good money doing something I enjoyed doing. Finding enjoyment is always the tricky part, because it's not something I would love to do wholeheartedly I don't think.

[NikF]

Indeed, it would be a big change, but I'd love to actually have a career and make good money doing something I enjoyed doing. Finding enjoyment is always the tricky part, because it's not something I would love to do wholeheartedly I don't think.

Yeah, that's the tricky part, not knowing beforehand. Then again, you might find that it's one of those things where there are rewards that aren't readily apparent from the outside. Or that it's fulfilling in a way you didn't know you wanted to or could be fulfilled? It's a tough one to call.
Also, despite the fact that it would only be of secondary importance, it's still a fact that it would open you up to having different colleagues and potential pool to date from. That's a nice bonus.

[Rinaldo]

I can become like an x-ray technician or something along those lines.

Yeah, 'technician'

https://www.youtube.com/v/7oxvobUA-QA

[NikF]

Glad to hear it.

[NikF]

I've got a date for next week. I wasn't going to go, but I've changed my mind. She's a university librarian at an archive a few people and myself were given a tour of. After a back and forth of a few messages she paid me a nice compliment; I'm all for that and I believe she should be rewarded Anyway, she's slim, petite, dark haired, seems kind of confident, chatty, early thirties, and has noticeably long eyelashes. Over the next couple of days I'll find somewhere cool for the date.

[Mirror Image]

I've got a date for next week. I wasn't going to go, but I've changed my mind. She's a university librarian at an archive a few people and myself were given a tour of. After a back and forth of a few messages she paid me a nice compliment; I'm all for that and I believe she should be rewarded Anyway, she's slim, petite, dark haired, seems kind of confident, chatty, early thirties, and has noticeably long eyelashes. Over the next couple of days I'll find somewhere cool for the date.

Great stuff. I hope it goes well for you, Nik.

[NikF]

Thanks MI

[NikF]

Date venue solved? I think I'm taking her here.



Based on a couple of things she said when we met she's maybe a bit nerdy and perhaps even sort of a 'goody two shoes'. But those aren't always necessarily bad qualities. So maybe this exhibition will appeal to her. And later we can have a drink and/or something to eat in a café across the road. (And if she doesn't like that exhibition then there's this wonderful place https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/kelvingrove/about/collection-highlights/Pages/The-French-Gallery.aspx)

[NikF]

Now confirmed a second date with Ms. Paroo the librarian. The cinema, probably Wonder Woman. Huh.

[DaveF]

Well, this is not my usual sort of thread, but feeling happy with life, so here goes.  Up to date no.5 now with a lady - late 50s (like me), widowed with youngish children (like me), attractive (unlike me) - former air hostess, enough said.  We live 60 miles apart, which is probably not much in US terms, but feels far here.  So lots of affectionate messages flying back and forth daily.  There's even a motorway that runs almost door-to-door, but it seems that whenever she ventures onto it to see me, something bad happens - she hits a pheasant which wrecks her front bumper, or a stone goes through her windscreen.  Bad omens, I hope not.  Anyway, I wish everyone else here great happiness with their dates.  In fact, I wish the whole world great happiness with everything at the moment, being in that walking-on-air state we all know so well.

DF

[NikF]

Well, this is not my usual sort of thread, but feeling happy with life, so here goes.  Up to date no.5 now with a lady - late 50s (like me), widowed with youngish children (like me), attractive (unlike me) - former air hostess, enough said.  We live 60 miles apart, which is probably not much in US terms, but feels far here.  So lots of affectionate messages flying back and forth daily.  There's even a motorway that runs almost door-to-door, but it seems that whenever she ventures onto it to see me, something bad happens - she hits a pheasant which wrecks her front bumper, or a stone goes through her windscreen.  Bad omens, I hope not.  Anyway, I wish everyone else here great happiness with their dates.  In fact, I wish the whole world great happiness with everything at the moment, being in that walking-on-air state we all know so well.

DF

That's cool and has put a smile on my face. Good stuff.

[Sergeant Rock]

I feel similarly elated, having just tied the knot myself.

Congratulations. Excellent news 


Sarge

[NikF]

I feel similarly elated, having just tied the knot myself.

Congratulations and all the best for the future.

[DaveF]

I feel similarly elated, having just tied the knot myself.
Are you seeing evidence of these pheasants and stones-in-windows? Is she pulling through and brushing fowl bird and foul play aside to make it to your town, after all? Or are these the excuses for not having made it?

Congratulations indeed, and best wishes.  Is this the Beauty that surprised you?

Pheasants and stones are true, sadly, and both happened on her way home from the various intermediate points where we've been meeting so far.  And she's never late!

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Excellent state to be in! Congrats. I feel similarly elated, having just tied the knot myself.
Are you seeing evidence of these pheasants and stones-in-windows? Is she pulling through and brushing fowl bird and foul play aside to make it to your town, after all? Or are these the excuses for not having made it? The former would be an excellent sign, indeed!

Congratulations to both of you! Very happy for you. ^_^

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Congratulations to both of you! Very happy for you. ^_^

Congratulations indeed, and best wishes.  Is this the Beauty that surprised you?

Ha!  "Startled by Beauty", even.

Congratulations and all the best for the future.

Congratulations. Excellent news 
Sarge

Thanks much, you guys!

[NikF]

In a change of plan I took Ms. Paroo the librarian for a drink and we had a chat during which I mentioned l wasn't really looking for anything serious. She was okay with it.
For the foreseeable future I'm going to go out and meet every woman I can who is of legal age and makes herself available to me. That seems more comfortable and natural right now.

[NikF]

An unexpected date.
I was in Edinburgh to meet friends. We had dinner and went for a drink and ran into some people they knew, including a recently divorced woman who was clearly interested in me despite her not saying or doing anything obvious to show it. It's hard to describe, but some people might understand what I mean. Sometimes you can just tell.

I went with my friends back to their place and we talked until the early hours. In the morning I got up and was handed a phone "it's a call for you". I took it and it was the woman from the night before. She asked if I wanted to do the 'Netflix and chill' thing because we had been talking about the cinema. My original plan was to go home for a concert but instead I went out and bought a new T-shirt to wear (sartorial elegance at the drop of a hat, that's me ) and then headed over to her place in the early evening.

[DaveF]

An unexpected date... and then headed over to her place in the early evening.

And?  AND??  Or is a discreet veil drawn over proceedings at that point?  Very pleased for you anyway, you young devil.  (BTW, wonder if we could be related, since our surnames are both "F" - it's not a particularly common one.)

My disaster-prone relationship continues.  Had the most head-swimmingly lovely, romantic day out yesterday - during which she slipped down a grassy slope and twisted her ankle.

[NikF]

And?  AND??  Or is a discreet veil drawn over proceedings at that point?  Very pleased for you anyway, you young devil.  (BTW, wonder if we could be related, since our surnames are both "F" - it's not a particularly common one.)

Thanks. I'm through in Edinburgh a couple of times a month and if it happens again, it happens again. But if not, then that's cool too. One night stands are easy to have and then easy get out of. It's just a case of knowing how to play the game. And anyone who says any different either has little experience of them and/or believes everything they read on Reddit. 

"Young devil"? - I'm older than most people think.   

And my surname doesn't really begin with 'F'. My username is taken from one of my old work tools.



And now I'm trying to think of uncommon Welsh surnames...

My disaster-prone relationship continues.  Had the most head-swimmingly lovely, romantic day out yesterday - during which she slipped down a grassy slope and twisted her ankle.

Well, that sounded good, followed by not so good. I hope her ankle isn't too badly twisted and soon you can return to the simple pleasure of stuff like taking walks together.