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  • EH_Rob
    EH_Rob Posts: 1,134
    miss notax wrote:
    Let me know when you find the magic answer to this one lovewales... :roll:

    I'm not having any luck with the internet dating lark, funnily enough also met a chap who was shorter than me (i'm 5ft 4 :shock: ) and another who spent most of the date explaining how Immarsat worked. Brilliant. Keep getting hundreds of 'winks' from inappropriate sorts along with scary emails, and one chap who asked if it was actually me in the MTBing photos in my profile. Who the flipping heck does he think is in them??!!

    Oh, and lots of men who claim to be into mountain biking but what they really mean is that they own something that looks like a mountain bike that they once used to ride to the pub. This is not my idea of mountain biking.....

    *sigh*

    Can't you use Strava to stalk people? This might help with the whole mountain biker thing. More so than coming on here anyway.

    I presume Gaz has probably stalked someone using Strava.
  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    I think the cycle club thing is generally a good idea, but the fact is that by the time you get into your 30's most peope are attached... My friends think it's weird how I don't just meet peeps out biking - I do meet lots of lovely people and i'll chat to anyone, but it's all normal bike/ trail related conversations rather than finding out whether their wife is waiting for them in the cafe :lol:
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    Girls, if you want to come over to Holland I ll happily take you both out, either at once or together! I can show you some windmills, some clogs, a tulip or two, we can listen to some pumping eurodance.....

    Think I ve just worked out why I'm single
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    ddraver wrote:
    Girls, if you want to come over to Holland I ll happily take you both out, either at once or together! I can show you some windmills, some clogs, a tulip or two, we can listen to some pumping eurodance.....

    Think I ve just worked out why I'm single

    Also suggesting taking mountain biking ladies to the flatest country in existance hmmm ;)


    Now ladies :p I'm in south Wales so i live in mtbing heaven :P come visit me!
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Thewaylander wrote:
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    Now ladies :p I'm in south Wales so i live in mtbing heaven :P come visit me!

    i also live in gods mountain biking country. but unfortunately ladies, i'm already taken...i know you're upset, but it's just the way it is :wink::lol:
  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    I fear I shall never recover from that simply devastating news welshkev... :wink:
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....

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  • tudj
    tudj Posts: 254
    miss notax wrote:
    but it's all normal bike/ trail related conversations rather than finding out whether their wife is waiting for them in the cafe :lol:

    Ask? Nothing bad will happen, the worst case would be that they are already attached but at least you'll know. If they aren't then you can do something about it :twisted:
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    Thewaylander wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Girls, if you want to come over to Holland I ll happily take you both out, either at once or together! I can show you some windmills, some clogs, a tulip or two, we can listen to some pumping eurodance.....

    Think I ve just worked out why I'm single

    Also suggesting taking mountain biking ladies to the flatest country in existance hmmm ;)


    Now ladies :p I'm in south Wales so i live in mtbing heaven :P come visit me!

    Oi! we have some mounta....We have some biking here!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    ddraver wrote:
    Thewaylander wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Girls, if you want to come over to Holland I ll happily take you both out, either at once or together! I can show you some windmills, some clogs, a tulip or two, we can listen to some pumping eurodance.....

    Think I ve just worked out why I'm single

    Also suggesting taking mountain biking ladies to the flatest country in existance hmmm ;)


    Now ladies :p I'm in south Wales so i live in mtbing heaven :P come visit me!

    Oi! we have some mounta....We have some biking here!!

    There are alot of cycle paths around thats true ;) but you have to pedal for speed.. i mean pedal? least here we have a nice van to take us to the top :P
  • EH_Rob
    EH_Rob Posts: 1,134
    tudj wrote:
    miss notax wrote:
    but it's all normal bike/ trail related conversations rather than finding out whether their wife is waiting for them in the cafe :lol:

    Ask? Nothing bad will happen, the worst case would be that they are already attached but at least you'll know. If they aren't then you can do something about it :twisted:

    You say that, but then if someone started asking me about my love life whilst I was out riding I'd immediately be suspicious. As I am wherever it happens.

    Not that it ever happens!
  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    Yes, I would rather avoid the desperate basket-case look :wink:

    I joked to a (male) friend that on my next trail centre adventure I should stick a notice to my camelbak saying 'nice MTBing man wanted' and my mobile number - I laughed, he thought it was a good idea. Needless to say I am not doing that....
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....

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  • MissBint37
    MissBint37 Posts: 1,503
    Ok so first off....You guys may rip the pi$$ sometimes but despite the façade you do actually give sensible advice on occasion and you have helped me out.

    Secondly, internet dating is a pain. But it is a good way to meet people that you would not usually come across in normal every day life.

    However, I would say I have to spend a couple of evenings with chocolate and a bottle of wine or rum searching through pages and pages of idiots to send about 20-30 messages to get enough replies from/find someone I actually want to meet in real life.

    The ones I meet, about 50% are plain weird or uber mingers that look nothing like their pictures and I never want to see again, the other 50% I do get on with and want to keep in my life in some way. Now, I am rather picky with the internet folk and have only met up with about 6 or 7 guys, of which 3 are now good friends. I have dated 1 for a few months (we are still friends and he is counted in the friend category) and a second, whom I am currently seeing and he is fantastic and hot as! :)

    Other good ways to meet menz I have found: snowboarding and climbing if you do any of those?

    Don't give up!
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  • tudj
    tudj Posts: 254
    EH_Rob wrote:
    You say that, but then if someone started asking me about my love life whilst I was out riding I'd immediately be suspicious. As I am wherever it happens.

    Not that it ever happens!

    I didn't mean ask anyone and everyone :P I was thinking of people you knew/rode regularly with, I didn't realise you meant on random outings to trail centers etc.
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    Then she's in the same situation us single MTBers are - not enough girls!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    tudj wrote:

    Internet dating is set up for those exact people you mention, it appeals to those with lower confidence etc because there's a level of anonymity. I bet for every sane person there are 100 nutters/creeps/oddballs on them :P
    I'd like to think of myself as sane and a nutter at the same time thanks.

    I don't get on with internet dating, I think most people think I'm weird. Which is a good start in my book, but clearly not in the eyes of womenz. It's funny though.
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  • Clank
    Clank Posts: 2,323
    MissBint37 wrote:
    meet people that you would not usually come across in normal every day life.

    I can't normally get close enough to come accross people.

    You think that's bird poo on your window?
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  • lovewales
    lovewales Posts: 411
    well I have just truly mortified my eldest daughter by asking her to take some pics of me for the website :lol: apparently people who are nearly 40 don't do such things! :mrgreen:
    If every action has an equal and opposite reaction does that mean I will be eaten by a fly?
  • miss notax
    miss notax Posts: 2,572
    lovewales wrote:
    well I have just truly mortified my eldest daughter by asking her to take some pics of me for the website :lol: apparently people who are nearly 40 don't do such things! :mrgreen:

    Bugger! Nobody told me that....
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....

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  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Yes we did, buggery is a good start.
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    lovewales wrote:
    well I have just truly mortified my eldest daughter by asking her to take some pics of me for the website :lol: apparently people who are nearly 40 don't do such things! :mrgreen:

    Remember those pics have to be approved here first lol
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    lovewales wrote:
    well I have just truly mortified my eldest daughter by asking her to take some pics of me for the website :lol: apparently people who are nearly 40 don't do such things! :mrgreen:

    Doesn't she want a happy mum?
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,084
    matthew h wrote:
    lovewales wrote:
    well I have just truly mortified my eldest daughter by asking her to take some pics of me for the website :lol: apparently people who are nearly 40 don't do such things! :mrgreen:

    Doesn't she want a happy mum?
    maybe she's worried that there's a chance Waylander might be her new step dad
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    Gazlar wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    lovewales wrote:
    well I have just truly mortified my eldest daughter by asking her to take some pics of me for the website :lol: apparently people who are nearly 40 don't do such things! :mrgreen:

    Doesn't she want a happy mum?
    maybe she's worried that there's a chance Waylander might be her new step dad

    Won't happen of she does the crb checks with the police!
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,084
    matthew h wrote:
    Gazlar wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    lovewales wrote:
    well I have just truly mortified my eldest daughter by asking her to take some pics of me for the website :lol: apparently people who are nearly 40 don't do such things! :mrgreen:

    Doesn't she want a happy mum?
    maybe she's worried that there's a chance Waylander might be her new step dad

    Won't happen of she does the crb checks with the police!

    I don't think he's got a motorbike :?
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    Gazlar wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    Gazlar wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    lovewales wrote:
    well I have just truly mortified my eldest daughter by asking her to take some pics of me for the website :lol: apparently people who are nearly 40 don't do such things! :mrgreen:

    Doesn't she want a happy mum?
    maybe she's worried that there's a chance Waylander might be her new step dad

    Won't happen of she does the crb checks with the police!

    I don't think he's got a motorbike :?

    actual lol :lol::lol::lol:
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    Gaz that was actual genius!!!

    and right too hehe
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,157
    Thewaylander wrote:
    Gaz that was actual genius!!!

    and right too hehe

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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    But whats wrong with me bar the many many digusting personal habbits and general hatred towards the world as a whole.
  • EH_Rob
    EH_Rob Posts: 1,134
    Unfortunately not everyone sees stalky and rapey as desirable traits. Harsh I know.

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