Singles Thread - Mark II

tomwaterford

Autosport wrote: »

See the sights, you'll get more courage once you go. It's the fear of the unknown that's scary

This is the plan....I've been practicing talking clearer and what not with last while (gone to ****e with lambing)

But ya...was planning on making a good list of things to do....like I've a cousin in oz and while yes I could go there and go on piss with him and have great craic Etc there....but the time has come to be try and stand on me own two feet


Really hope it works out


How are you anywYs auto

Trebor176

Best of luck with that Tom. I hope to head away myself later in the year. Hopefully not on my own, though.

I hope everyone is well

tomwaterford

Trebor176 wrote: »

Best of luck with that Tom. I hope to head away myself later in the year. Hopefully not on my own, though.

I hope everyone is well

Thanks


Any more hot dates trebor

Trebor176

tomwaterford wrote: »

Thanks


Any more hot dates trebor

Nope, none at all, sadly. You probably read about my last one. To be honest, I'm still not quite over that, even though it was only two dates, ffs. Her loss really, I guess. I have been messaging others, but to no avail.

tomwaterford

Trebor176 wrote: »

Nope, none at all, sadly. You probably read about my last one. To be honest, I'm still not quite over that, even though it was only two dates, ffs. Her loss really, I guess. I have been messaging others, but to no avail.

Such is life!!

Have to keep plugging away I guess :-/

But tbh I'm not even on any sites etc anymore....haven't enough time/have too much I wanna do for next year/2 if I'm honest.....ideally if I could I'd sub out setting up dates for me to my unemployed friends :pac:

Trebor176

tomwaterford wrote: »

Such is life!!

Have to keep plugging away I guess :-/

But tbh I'm not even on any sites etc anymore....haven't enough time/have too much I wanna do for next year/2 if I'm honest.....ideally if I could I'd sub out setting up dates for me to my unemployed friends :pac:

At least you have a plan for the future, which is great. I really want to make changes with my life, such as to become more sociable (not that I'm totally anti-social) by joining groups and whatnot. These include singles groups as, to be honest, I really want to meet someone at this stage in my life. I can't be relying on online dating all of the time. I may do a bit of travelling too at some point.

You should just jump at whatever opportunities come your way. Who cares if you do it on your own? Just enjoy whatever you do.

tomwaterford

Trebor176 wrote: »

At least you have a plan for the future, which is great. I really want to make changes with my life, such as to become more sociable (not that I'm totally anti-social) by joining groups and whatnot. These include singles groups as, to be honest, I really want to meet someone at this stage in my life. I can't be relying on online dating all of the time. I may do a bit of travelling too at some point.

You should just jump at whatever opportunities come your way. Who cares if you do it on your own? Just enjoy whatever you do.

Would you take up crossfit??'
Even for a month...as afaik in waterford at least it has a strong social/community element to it


I'd not panic on meeting someone....life's too short...you could run over by a taxi in the morning

Make the changes before you meet someone??
As what's the point in changing after meeting someone
A young wan I used be msging off tinder/still text an odd time....had a great saying
Be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else

fin12

Hi.

tomwaterford

fin12 wrote: »

Hi.

Hello

jimbo32123

Hi Fin

fin12

jimbo32123 wrote: »

Hi Fin

Hi guys just said id like to join this thread because I want to find someone, Im going speed dating in less than 2 weeks. im half tempted to put an ad up on facebook asking for a date to go to something on in a weeks time but then like if you dont like them personality wise, it would be a lot of pressure and you couldn't just walk off or my other option is to go by myself and try and meet someone there at the event. I've never meet someone from the internet and find chatting online really hard cause you can tell so much more from face to face chatting.

Trebor176

tomwaterford wrote: »

Would you take up crossfit??'
Even for a month...as afaik in waterford at least it has a strong social/community element to it


I'd not panic on meeting someone....life's too short...you could run over by a taxi in the morning

Make the changes before you meet someone??
As what's the point in changing after meeting someone
A young wan I used be msging off tinder/still text an odd time....had a great saying
Be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else

Crossfit looks hard, haha. I had thought about a gym, as that too does have a social/community element to it.

That's true about that. It's just the way I'm feeling at the moment, though. I think I've felt the same on and off for a while.

Well, whichever comes first, I think. I could meet someone before the summer, which is when I plan to start doing new things. I'll get my exams over and done with first.

I wouldn't change myself for anyone, and sod whoever doesn't like it.

fin12 wrote: »

Hi guys just said id like to join this thread because I want to find someone, Im going speed dating in less than 2 weeks. im half tempted to put an ad up on facebook asking for a date to go to something on in a weeks time but then like if you dont like them personality wise, it would be a lot of pressure and you couldn't just walk off or my other option is to go by myself and try and meet someone there at the event. I've never meet someone from the internet and find chatting online really hard cause you can tell so much more from face to face chatting.

Welcome along

Autosport

Evening

Autosport

Hope everyone is having a great weekend

My pedometer registered 35,555 steps over the last two days! So yeah, I've been out and about a fair bit.

Autosport

I dont care if you're crazy as long as you're crazy about me heard that line in a song and thought i like it

KikiDee

Karsini wrote: »

My pedometer registered 35,555 steps over the last two days! So yeah, I've been out and about a fair bit.

I got tired just reading that

misstearheus

Have done Speed-dating and believe me if I can do it, anyone can!! Am boring, dull. quiet, n' plain and all the rest. Generally have zero interesting and exciting stuff to talk about. But I tried it and found it wasn't so bad.

misstearheus

misstearheus wrote: »

Have done Speed-dating and believe me if I can do it, anyone can!! Am boring, dull. quiet, n' plain and all the rest. Generally have zero interesting and exciting stuff to talk about. But I tried it and found it wasn't so bad.

I did it myself a few weeks ago. Out of 17 pairs, I matched with none! My confidence took a battering that night.

Eircom_Sucks

anybody looking to make new friends ?

35 year old north dub guy , all my friends just stay in the same pub every single week ( no kidding ) thats not for me , im looking just to make new connections to hit pub with or cinema etc all innocent , meetup seens to be orientated to certain dates they meet up etc

fin12

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

anybody looking to make new friends ?

35 year old north dub guy , all my friends just stay in the same pub every single week ( no kidding ) thats not for me , im looking just to make new connections to hit pub with or cinema etc all innocent , meetup seens to be orientated to certain dates they meet up etc

Meet up is really good i think though, Ive gone to a few and there nice because you are never really stuck to find anyone to go out with, I just went to a new one last weekend and had a really nice time, and they are going to Killarney soon so im going to that now aswell, Im also joined to macra which isn't bad either. There would probably be loads in Dublin because there are a good few in Cork. :)

Autosport

Karsini wrote: »

I did it myself a few weeks ago. Out of 17 pairs, I matched with none! My confidence took a battering that night.

For you my little lamb

tomwaterford

Autosport wrote: »

For you my little lamb

Auto your literally the coolest :pac:

With a serious love for pics :P

Autosport

Tom

tomwaterford

Autosport wrote: »

Tom

Maan this could get outta hand very fast if I writed what was first thing came into my mind :pac: :P

Autosport

tomwaterford

Autosport wrote: »

Pfft I'm a relatively open person...no need for effort...just ask :pac:


Except pics....I'm pure a work in progress at the min


Though I'm looking forward to a waterford v kk league final :P

Autosport

Autosport wrote: »

For you my little lamb

Awh, thank you.

Feeling really needy tonight so that was good timing!

Autosport

Karsini wrote: »

Awh, thank you.

Feeling really needy tonight so that was good timing!

You know we're all here for each other "hugs"

tomwaterford

Karsini wrote: »

Awh, thank you.

Feeling really needy tonight so that was good timing!

Fair play for actually going aswell to speed dating....

My ego wouldn't be any Bit able for it....do you find it tough to talk about yourself etc

Or is it waaay different in real life than on TV

Autosport

tomwaterford wrote: »

Pfft I'm a relatively open person...no need for effort...just ask :pac:


Except pics....I'm pure a work in progress at the min


Though I'm looking forward to a waterford v kk league final :P

Tom you know you love KK really . Tbh I could be moving out west so I'll have to make sure to bring my KK flags with me

addicted to caffeine

howdy all

Autosport

Evening how are you?

tomwaterford

Autosport wrote: »

Tom you know you love KK really . Tbh I could be moving out west so I'll have to make sure to bring my KK flags with me

Pfft they've no hurling out there though

addicted to caffeine

Autosport wrote: »

Evening how are you?

I'm good thanks:) relaxing in bed, and yourself?

bf and I still together 3 months on (I went on a date back in January) taking it slow but going well

tomwaterford

tomwaterford wrote: »

Fair play for actually going aswell to speed dating....

My ego wouldn't be any Bit able for it....do you find it tough to talk about yourself etc

Or is it waaay different in real life than on TV

I found it a bit awkward to start with. The first woman was absolutely gorgeous and I was tripping over my words a bit. But we laughed it off and I was able to carry on. Really thought I'd match with at least someone.

tomwaterford

Karsini wrote: »

I found it a bit awkward to start with. The first woman was absolutely gorgeous and I was tripping over my words a bit. But we laughed it off and I was able to carry on. Really thought I'd match with at least someone.

I know it's not much help now....but fair play to her for being sound and up for the laugh
Imagine if it went terrible at the start and downhill from there!!
I guess some were prob not really looking...maybe only there as support to a friend??
(Though I might have a horrible cliched view on it)

Would ya do it again....you never see the likes of that arranged for waterford...though I guess after two runs they'd run out of people :pac:

Autosport

tomwaterford wrote: »

Pfft they've no hurling out there though

Shur Galway play in Leinster now that's where I'd be going

tomwaterford

Autosport wrote: »

Shur Galway play in Leinster now that's where I'd be going

So do Kerry apparently??

Galways so cool like....I'd friends from there when I was in FAS...mad men they were

All sheep farmers aswell

tomwaterford

Autosport wrote: »

Shur Galway play in Leinster now that's where I'd be going

So do Kerry apparently??

Galways so cool like....I'd friends from there when I was in FAS...mad men they were

All sheep farmers aswell



Best of luck with your move!!

tomwaterford

tomwaterford wrote: »

I know it's not much help now....but fair play to her for being sound and up for the laugh
Imagine if it went terrible at the start and downhill from there!!
I guess some were prob not really looking...maybe only there as support to a friend??
(Though I might have a horrible cliched view on it)

Would ya do it again....you never see the likes of that arranged for waterford...though I guess after two runs they'd run out of people :pac:

It's possible, some of the women seemed to know each other. So they may not have been looking anyway (a friend did suggest this to me afterwards).

I might do it again, haven't really thought about it yet.

tomwaterford

Karsini wrote: »

It's possible, some of the women seemed to know each other. So they may not have been looking anyway (a friend did suggest this to me afterwards).

I might do it again, haven't really thought about it yet.

It's a horrible scene to be getting over involved with....I wish you the best
You seem a top bloke




Though tbh I'm still not rightly in the headspace for it....was half tempted to download tinder earlier....but I'm pure glad now I didn't

I know il have to do something at some stage...but I'm seriously questioning the effort vs reward scale at the min

misstearheus

Karsini wrote: »

I did it myself a few weeks ago. Out of 17 pairs, I matched with none! My confidence took a battering that night.

Aw yeah it's hard, have gone a couple of times now, have matched with an odd guy here and there. But don't be too dis-heartened ya have to take it with a pinch of salt. But also even with a couple of matches, when it came to it, they weren't up for meeting again afterwards or arranging any dates. :rolleyes: So I dunno if they were just filling up the Dating-Cards on the night for the sake of it or what!

Autosport wrote: »

Tom you know you love KK really . Tbh I could be moving out west so I'll have to make sure to bring my KK flags with me

Were you living in our lovely Gaillimh for a while at some stage before over the last couple of years Auto or am I thinking of somebody else?!

addicted to caffeine wrote: »

bf and I still together 3 months on (I went on a date back in January) taking it slow but going well

Aww that's lovely atc! How did you meet him if I may ask?! Does he live near or do ya see much of him?

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

anybody looking to make new friends ?

35 year old north dub guy , all my friends just stay in the same pub every single week ( no kidding ) thats not for me , im looking just to make new connections to hit pub with or cinema etc all innocent , meetup seens to be orientated to certain dates they meet up etc

I find Meetup okay. Do go to a couple of things. But also the more ya go ya start to recognize faces and it's nice for things to kind-of become familiar in a way I think. Golly Dubland out of everywhere should be the best County to find a date in! But I see what yer saying about friends sticking with same Local usual Haunt and what-not. There is 2/3 Singles Groups on Meetup in the Dublin area though. I'm in them! Havn't gone on any of their Meetups yet but I might sometime.

addicted to caffeine

misstearheus wrote: »

Aw yeah it's hard, have gone a couple of times now, have matched with an odd guy here and there. But don't be too dis-heartened ya have to take it with a pinch of salt. But also even with a couple of matches, when it came to it, they weren't up for meeting again afterwards or arranging any dates. :rolleyes: So I dunno if they were just filling up the Dating-Cards on the night for the sake of it or what!


Were you living in our lovely Gaillimh for a while at some stage before over the last couple of years Auto or am I thinking of somebody else?!


Aww that's lovely atc! How did you meet him if I may ask?! Does he live near or do ya see much of him?

I find Meetup okay. Do go to a couple of things. But also the more ya go ya start to recognize faces and it's nice for things to kind-of become familiar in a way I think. Golly Dubland out of everywhere should be the best County to find a date in! But I see what yer saying about friends sticking with same Local usual Haunt and what-not. There is 2/3 Singles Groups on Meetup in the Dublin area though. I'm in them! Havn't gone on any of their Meetups yet but I might sometime.

thanks mise:D

course you can, we met in a training centre for people with Asperger's when I was 19, he started a few months after me. We became friends and remained so, until things changed around Christmas last year when we both got up the courage to ask each other out.

He lives around 40 minutes away from me so not too bad. We normally meet up at the weekends as I'm in college during the week

Autosport

KikiDee

tomwaterford wrote: »

I'm seriously questioning the effort vs reward scale at the min

Same here! But as a friend said to me, there's no reward without effort. How much effort is too much effort though right??

Eircom_Sucks

anybody ever been to the monthly singles nights
in mcgowans

KikiDee

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

anybody ever been to the monthly singles nights
in mcgowans

I've never been to a singles night in my life. I'd be so so nervous!!! I don't think there is any in the Waterford area tho so I'd have to travel a bit to find one me thinks!

jimbo32123

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

anybody ever been to the monthly singles nights
in mcgowans

I've been a few times great craic!!

McGowans in general is an exceptional night spot, normally Friday or Saturdays is a great laugh but not for your shy type or anyone looking for a 'Lilly's' or Sams bar type experience!!!

Eircom_Sucks

jimbo32123 wrote: »

I've been a few times great craic!!

McGowans in general is an exceptional night spot, normally Friday or Saturdays is a great laugh but not for your shy type or anyone looking for a 'Lilly's' or Sams bar type experience!!!

do people actually meet or is it just all games ?

im only up the rd in finglas but wouldn't go down on my toblerone