Was just going to say that sounds really dodgy… I like climbing hills. Great fresh air and a bit of a physical challenge. Connecting with nature, caring for your environment. Followed by a few drinks. Lovely.
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Would be gas if you could line up a date with some D4 lass. Lure her in if you have a family farm, as she will see €€€ and you’re set up for life etc. Get her on a date for a weekend mucking out sheds, herding sheep, then on the Monday text to say it won’t work out, but thanks for the help.
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Totally agree …I love it myself and it’s all I’m good for activity wise now … nice to just take it in and enjoy it in the moment.
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That’s fair enough pal.
My point is a lot of people are doing it so they can take a photo and put it up on social media. If they couldn’t do that, they wouldn’t be doing it, it’s merely for the optics but sadly that’s the world we live in.
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Would you date a lovely unionist lady?
It’s just another thing to add to your list pal ,you clearly need a woman who knows her value, otherwise everything will be about the latest craze and will drive you daft …
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I doubt the existence of such but I’m no bigot.
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No pictures of ones with Mouse ears and whiskers?
Not only girls with pics from Machu Picchu. Have a few friends who love to bore with tales of climbing Machu Picchu.
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I strongly suggest that you demand to meet her family by the second date- if not earlier. It might also be an idea just to arrive unannounced, set yourself down and carefully watch how they interact with one another.
Ask plenty of questions about relatives, mass attendance, marital statuses of extended family, site availability etc.
I think I could have avoided at least two failed marriages if I’d heeded this advice
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The photos of them sea swimming, wait till you find them.
Thankfully the photos riding the poor drugged up elephants or sedated tigers have gone out of fashion.
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This reminds me that I must work out how to post an anonymous link to my charity fundraiser for the Mater. The week after next will be 365 days of @Tank sea swimming consecutively without ever missing a day all year. We’re joining a charity fundraiser called the Dickie Dip which is a naked swim in Skerries on 6th November in aid of the Mater.
And yes my dating profile has a photo of me sea swimming, showing off my amazing torso.
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As you can tell guys, I’m quite frustrated my whole modern dating scene. I kind of rue a few relationships I didn’t give my whole attention to in my youngers days. Women seem to get a bit more crazy around the 30 mark I find or maybe it’s just the more crazy ones you notice then as they’ve been left idle.
Anyway I was reading lately that 70% of relationships are generally ended by the woman and there’s about 4/5 guys for every woman on these dating apps.
I wouldn’t really relish the idea of starting a family in my 40s, the older some people get the more eager they get for children and family - I’d say I’m the opposite. I wouldn’t like to be set for retirement in my 60s and having to pay for kids to go to college and subsidise their travel ambitions etc.
Signing in. So far so good but we’re only 5+ years, 2 kids and a house in so maybe as the Chinese said when asked about the French Revolution - it’s too soon to tell.
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“Starter marriages” - I like that.
I’d agree with you. I think by the time you hit your thirties a lot of the aces shift to the lads.
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I’ve also heard today of pal’s ex who broke up with him at the turn of last year and apparently she got engaged with a new chap over the weekend.
They were going out for 8 years, that’s a nasty aul dig tbf.
She may have found the right one.
A mate of mine was seeing a woman for years, on and off. They just didn’t seem suited together. Never even moved in together.
A few weeks after they broke up, he got on Tinder. Ended up moving in with her within a year, married within two, kid within three. He’s much happier since.
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I don’t know. I’d always be wary of those shotgun relationships. Seems a very short time to properly know someone.
My parents were married barely six months after first meeting. When you know, you know.
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Different times, pal. Sure divorce wasn’t legalised until the 90s.