Really apreciate the direct answers.
It seems that this forum is the ultimate agony aunt!
She told me that it was her best mate that told her she should expect all this bloke pays business.
Either ...

I started seeing this girl for a few weeks.
Things are going great, then out of the blue she starts an 'us' conversation.
She basically told me that I'm stingy because we always go Dutch when we go ...

I'm a sucker for girls with short hair!
Can't explain that.
Think I must've fancied Sinead O'Connor/Yazz/Annie Lennox when I was a teenager, and it's been a running theme ever since!

Oh, and what ...

I don't use flirtbox for messaging, but I sometimes message randoms on facebook!
I think I pick them like this:

1) pretty face (a must!)
2) not too overweight (I like sports so I'd hate to go out ...

Chat up lines can and do work!
All you're trying to do is break the ice.
You can't expect someone to want to jump into bed with you as soon as the sentence ends.
All you're aiming for is to start a ...

You can't blame people for being picky.
If people weren't picky, we'd end up having relationships with people who weren't really suitable! If I decide to get into a relationship, it would have to be ...

Ditto!
Right, which bar and what night, fellas?

i have done. . .she said yes.
it's just finding time in our busy lives to fit it in... and what to do for the 2nd date?... surely not another meal!

a gig perhaps?

just my opinion but i say for ...

This is what I said: "You see, to put it mildly, I genuinely find you very interesting, and I would very much like to get to know you more personally"


The way I see it, I think the wor ...

here's a tip for message hungry men:

if you want to message people you don't know...
message people that have recently visited your profile
they are more likely to respond!

here's an even bett ...

I would advise you to stop being fixated on her. When you are in that state, you hardly know a person, but your mind fills in the blanks and makes up an idealistic back-story. Plus you keep fantasizin ...

I've went through a very similar experience a while back.
Started getting emotional texts from a mate's girlfriend.
Looking back on it, it seems that she wanted out of the relationship, and I just h ...

I think nervousness is hard-wired into us as an instinct.
The easiest way to lessen the effect is to go on several dates.
I started dating about a year ago after a big break following a 5 year relat ...

I'll speak up for being fussy!
I only want high-quality people in my life.
If I meet up with someone, or choose to become friends, partners, whatever, everything's got to be just right, or we're was ...

To be honest I think I would prefer to be a knobhead and say I'm just here for goodtime lol. But it wouldnt be the truth.......Ah caught between wanting to pretend your totally macho and being honest. ...