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Holey Moley!

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  • Ooof I've updated my dating profile and yeah, I'm definitely not a selfie queen 😂 hopefully honest works for both of us though!
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  • killerpeaty
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    How is your dating experience going?

    I have my first date in like 3 years tomorrow night and I'm very nervous. I've never been attacked on a date but you just don't know with strangers so you? He seems very nice but I've been on dates with men who seem nice online but are !!!!!! in person.

    Last time I joined a dating site I had two dates with two different people which were bad enough for me to just delete the apps for 3 years. 

    However I'm going to dress nicely (I don't know how to dress like an adult, I'm usually in skinny jeans and slippers) in the hopes that he is just as nice as he seems. We appear to have a lot of hobbies in common so I do actually have high hopes.

    I've given his picture to my family members, my friends know roughly where I'll be and we have a code word.


    Ahhhhhh how does one behave on a date again?
  • How is your dating experience going?

    I have my first date in like 3 years tomorrow night and I'm very nervous. I've never been attacked on a date but you just don't know with strangers so you? He seems very nice but I've been on dates with men who seem nice online but are !!!!!! in person.

    Last time I joined a dating site I had two dates with two different people which were bad enough for me to just delete the apps for 3 years. 

    However I'm going to dress nicely (I don't know how to dress like an adult, I'm usually in skinny jeans and slippers) in the hopes that he is just as nice as he seems. We appear to have a lot of hobbies in common so I do actually have high hopes.

    I've given his picture to my family members, my friends know roughly where I'll be and we have a code word.


    Ahhhhhh how does one behave on a date again?
    Remember you're sussing him out as well! As long as you're in public and people know where you are. (I have been on two dates with one person who turned out to be quite boring and a bit of a mansplainer but that's fine, that's an average experience, we both said no thank you and moved on)

    You're one up on me because nice jeans IS me dressing up! Wishing you all the luck and hoping for an update either way 🤞
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £224,460.73
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
    Unread owned books Jan 2026: 256
    Undone crafts 2026: +1
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