So as some of you will know from my recent threads I've recently split up with my OH and am feeling ready to dip my toe into the dating world... specifically the online dating world! I moved from up north to live with my ex-OH in Essex when I finished uni, so don't have a massive social circle here from which to source potential new interests! So I joined mysinglefriend.com on Friday and have since been INUNDATED with interest in the form of 'someone likes you' (over 40 men!) and private messages on the site. Which is all rather exciting! Not that they ALL sound great but there seem to be a lot of nice, attractive men with interesting careers and good write-ups from their friends. I've got a number of potential dates lined up but nothing confirmed as yet... watch this space! I'm not looking for the love of my life but having just got out of a relationship with someone who didn't like London and wasn't interested in trying new things, I cannot WAIT to get out there in the big city and discover some fun new places and hopefully some fun new men! I'm sure some will be complete freakoids hence I thought it would be funny to start a diary of my adventures!
The deal with mysinglefriend.com is you have to get somebody else to write your profile and then you can respond... but essentially someone else has to give you the thumbs up before you can get on there! I cheated a little and got my sister to write mine, but my best mates have just moved house and don't have internet so I don't think unreasonable! Here's what my profile says:
area: Essex, Chelmsford
other area: London, City of London
children: none
diet: a bit of everything
religion: none
drinking: weekend good times
smoking: occasional social
education: university
employment: employed, Marketing/charity
height: 5' 3"
build: slender
summary:
loyal, organised, super fun loving, terribly witty, a bit independent, a confident sort, intelligent, a pub lover, a club lover and doesn't suffer fools!!
Mary has this to say about Sara:
Sara is in need of some fun frolics. She works hard in the city and has done really well for her 24 years of age, working as a Marketing Executive for a national charity in London. The girl has brains and likes to get her own way, so she needs an intelligent, sparky, quick-witted man to engage her in chats and stand up to her occasionally! No guarantees that you will ever get the last word though!
She is also a pussycat, who is extremely affectionate, caring and loving, she puts a lot into her friendships and relationships and is very thoughtful. She loves animals, she likes to get out in the countryside and is learning to ride horses when she is not roaming the concrete jungle.
I would say that Sara is up for most things and would try anything new. She is quite fearless and independent. As part of her degree she spent a year living in France and Spain, did I mention she got a first class degree and can whisper sweet nothings en francais?
She likes to make and eat nice food, eating out and trying swanky new menus is an activity she would like to do more of! But she is equally happy with a good bottle of wine and a night testing out a new home-cooked recipe. She has been a club fiend in the past, and I am sure she would like someone to show her some London nightspots.
Sara needs someone who wants to experience life in all its colour, with a side order of fun and a few sachets of intelligence, wit and adventure.
to which Sara responded:
Well what can I say that's a very flattering description and I hope not inaccurate! As Mary says I am looking to re-enter the dating world and I guess 'fun frolics' would be right although I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea... I'm a good girl (but not TOO good!)... I've just escaped from a boring relationship, not ready to get out the pipe and slippers yet! Definitely true that I am a bit food mad, love cooking and going out for dinner so would like to meet someone who shares these interests, no MacDonalds fans sorry! Having said that I'm pretty low maintenance and I'm just as happy going to an obscure Vietnamese café as to a posh restaurant. And I love to explore new places and go off to random country pubs for lunch and a nice pint of cider.
To ensure my food obsession doesn't turn me into a fat balloon I'm reasonably fitness/health conscious without being 6am-gym-session keen and never known to turn down a cheeky glass of wine or three! I've also a tendency to have a sneaky cigarette on a night out which won't appeal to any militant anti-smokers, although I am trying to quit (cancer charity and all that)... Thinking about trying a boot camp-style fitness club so please somebody talk me out of that!
I read a lot and watch a bit of TV and films and stuff but not a couch potato, I'm a people person and would rather be engaging in a bit of witty banter than slumped in front of the box. I'm reasonably tolerant of sports but don't expect me to be getting a football season ticket any time soon...!
Well boys if think we could get on please get in touch, let's go out for drinks or dinner, or surprise me! PS this is my first time on a dating site so be gentle!
PPS Although I live in Essex I'm actually a proper salt of the earth northerner!
A few rather nice sounding men in the pipeline, I have at least 6 potentials after 2 days, so watch this space!!!!!
The deal with mysinglefriend.com is you have to get somebody else to write your profile and then you can respond... but essentially someone else has to give you the thumbs up before you can get on there! I cheated a little and got my sister to write mine, but my best mates have just moved house and don't have internet so I don't think unreasonable! Here's what my profile says:
area: Essex, Chelmsford
other area: London, City of London
children: none
diet: a bit of everything
religion: none
drinking: weekend good times
smoking: occasional social
education: university
employment: employed, Marketing/charity
height: 5' 3"
build: slender
summary:
loyal, organised, super fun loving, terribly witty, a bit independent, a confident sort, intelligent, a pub lover, a club lover and doesn't suffer fools!!
Mary has this to say about Sara:
Sara is in need of some fun frolics. She works hard in the city and has done really well for her 24 years of age, working as a Marketing Executive for a national charity in London. The girl has brains and likes to get her own way, so she needs an intelligent, sparky, quick-witted man to engage her in chats and stand up to her occasionally! No guarantees that you will ever get the last word though!
She is also a pussycat, who is extremely affectionate, caring and loving, she puts a lot into her friendships and relationships and is very thoughtful. She loves animals, she likes to get out in the countryside and is learning to ride horses when she is not roaming the concrete jungle.
I would say that Sara is up for most things and would try anything new. She is quite fearless and independent. As part of her degree she spent a year living in France and Spain, did I mention she got a first class degree and can whisper sweet nothings en francais?
She likes to make and eat nice food, eating out and trying swanky new menus is an activity she would like to do more of! But she is equally happy with a good bottle of wine and a night testing out a new home-cooked recipe. She has been a club fiend in the past, and I am sure she would like someone to show her some London nightspots.
Sara needs someone who wants to experience life in all its colour, with a side order of fun and a few sachets of intelligence, wit and adventure.
to which Sara responded:
Well what can I say that's a very flattering description and I hope not inaccurate! As Mary says I am looking to re-enter the dating world and I guess 'fun frolics' would be right although I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea... I'm a good girl (but not TOO good!)... I've just escaped from a boring relationship, not ready to get out the pipe and slippers yet! Definitely true that I am a bit food mad, love cooking and going out for dinner so would like to meet someone who shares these interests, no MacDonalds fans sorry! Having said that I'm pretty low maintenance and I'm just as happy going to an obscure Vietnamese café as to a posh restaurant. And I love to explore new places and go off to random country pubs for lunch and a nice pint of cider.
To ensure my food obsession doesn't turn me into a fat balloon I'm reasonably fitness/health conscious without being 6am-gym-session keen and never known to turn down a cheeky glass of wine or three! I've also a tendency to have a sneaky cigarette on a night out which won't appeal to any militant anti-smokers, although I am trying to quit (cancer charity and all that)... Thinking about trying a boot camp-style fitness club so please somebody talk me out of that!
I read a lot and watch a bit of TV and films and stuff but not a couch potato, I'm a people person and would rather be engaging in a bit of witty banter than slumped in front of the box. I'm reasonably tolerant of sports but don't expect me to be getting a football season ticket any time soon...!
Well boys if think we could get on please get in touch, let's go out for drinks or dinner, or surprise me! PS this is my first time on a dating site so be gentle!
PPS Although I live in Essex I'm actually a proper salt of the earth northerner!
A few rather nice sounding men in the pipeline, I have at least 6 potentials after 2 days, so watch this space!!!!!
my very first toe-dipping in the dating pool! So here's James' profile:
