Bucket Car Man is ghost turned breadcrumber. He texts weekly to say he’s been silent because his mum (last week) or his step mum (this week) has been ill. I once kept a bread roll for a year. It never went mouldy. I am going to treat BCM like this bread roll & see how many mums he can conjure.

Kill me now

Remembering the time I went on a date and he told me I had hair like a sheep… not wrong tbf!

Anyone got the number for Ghostbusters?

Men will never not be baffling to me. Two genuinely good dates. Phone calls in between. Comments from him on the date about how refreshing it was to meet someone on an app and have such a good connection etc etc… and now…

Second date with Bucket Car Man last night which was lovely in every way… ps turns out his bucket car is a Porsche 🤭🤣

A friend has matched with a danger from my past… whilst trawling through the TG archives for info, I came across this little beauty. Said dating poster was using a photo of Ben Fogle as his profile pic. Other photos included a dog… and a penguin

Well, I’m back out there & dating & I’ve finally had time to recover… Friday night: Pizza and a film with Spaghetti Hoops… then on Saturday he took me for a walk and brunch in a village that I’d be banging on about visiting… really cute date… it’s hard not to fall in love with SH…

Just been told by the nurse doing my smear that I have a beautiful cervix. Not sure compliments come greater than that. Certainly brings new meaning to the phrase “beautiful inside and out”

A stark reminder that not everyone is equal. The world is not equal. It was recommended I hide my profile. Subsequently, I am in hiding.

Woman at work broke up with her second husband in December. Last weekend, a man she met during the interval at the theatre, TOOK HER TO PARIS. Eight years here, and I still can’t get a text back!!!

Thank God for friends. Friends are my family. And my tonic. Alcohol is good too… but mainly friends. Those who know you, and are able to talk truthfully with you.

Honestly need to just stop wearing clothes. I only did a wash last weekend and yet here we go again, because of the wearing. I haven’t got the patience for this. Sooooo repetitive. 🙄

Well, I have had the chat with Spaghetti Hoops & it seems that I have been allowing our in depth chats, his interest in my work, meeting his dog, the long evenings and over night stays to colour my thinking & feelings He remains in the not wanting a “big relationship” category. He was honest & kind

Trying to ignore the Sunday evening dreads by pouring the gin and cooking quorn chicken nuggets at 9.50pm!

In a final blow to my ego, I’ve booked a pre theatre dinner for me and my parents at 5.30pm on Saturday and it’s been listed as “Valentines Dinner”. Honestly, Kill me now.

Men are the weirdest communicators!!! They're like: Man A: is that a blue jumper? Man B: Might wear red tomorrow A: is that a blue jumper? B: I might wear red tomorrow A: Is that blue? B: I’m going to wear red tomorrow. This is grey A: Is that blue though? I like blue.

Oh fuck!!! I take it all back!! Just when I was at the point of feeling safe and calm, I see that he’s recently renewed his paid for membership of Feeld!! It lapsed over a month ago. So that all feels incredibly fucking shit 😭

The occasional end of message kiss is starting to creep into texts between Spaghetti Hoops and me! He’s even sent me the odd Kissy Hearty Face emoji!

It’s taken me to episode 9 of The traitors to realise that Jack and James are NOT the same person! 😱🤣 No spoilers please!! I’ve still got a long way to go!

Robert Jenrick is unique in British politics for being the only MP who is an anagram of his constituency

A real TG goes dating moment last night… 🙄 Was going to Spaghetti Hoops house but first I had a meeting and then a leaving do. Arranged the meeting at mine so that I could get ready afterwards, but time was short and I couldn’t find an unladdered matching pair of hold ups ANYWHERE!!

With stats regularly showing that (straight) married men live longer than their single counterparts, and single women live longer, healthier, happier lives than those married with kids, the real dating question we should be asking ourselves is “how many years of my life expectancy are you worth?”

Friend: this is good, you’re back in the driving seat. Me in the driving seat:

New Year New Me thought having someone to come to measure up for blinds at 9am on a Saturday morning would be a great idea. Current Not Dressed Me feels differently 😭

Best thread I’ve read for a while 🤣

Accidentally cooked a sweetener in with the veg that’s going to be stirred into my pasta… it tastes awful. Trying to rebalance with chilli and garlic powder 😬 #wifemeup

At the extremely vulnerable stage of dating. The expectation of abandonment, the inability to express a need, the fear of not being good enough, all currently huge Anxiety making me want to behave in an avoidant way by fleeing the country (or similar) to avoid being hurt All v dramatic right now 🤣

Sooo…. Last night, I was introduced to the mad, bad and dangerous to know dog of Spaghetti Hoops! I had been warned not to touch him or make eye contact! My opening gambit was treats… I’d been told that initially he would act like they’d been laced with poison but that it was worth a go…

Can’t help but wish I’d had slightly less than 26,431 glasses of Prosecco!

As is tradition… My year in dates 2025!! After last year’s 25 date challenge, I decided to take some time out this year… and just have the odd dabble… February The Ginger Plumber - post work drink, nice guy, but a no from me.

Start of 2025. End of 2025.

The dating apps have had their day!

Same

On my way to a date and got sweaty on the train so now having to facewipe my armpits under my coat while I walk to the date #classy #bringingsexyback

Absolute scenes in London. Getting anywhere involves elbowing at least 70 people in the eye. There’s a kid screaming “I hate people mummy”. Grateful I committed petty theft to rescue my G&T when the “here to help” customer service person failed to approve my transaction before I ran for the train.

A controversial opinion in the UK: having a standard emails job then sitting in a house you bought for a song and watching it rise exponentially in value due to political choices that have nothing to do with you is not it fact “working very hard to get what you have”

The first 3 words you see will define your 2026. Pussy Grindr Marriage Feels like two truths and a lie tbh

Beautiful thread to brighten anyone’s day! Enjoy!

I will always try. I will always be vulnerable to an experience. I will always embrace the adventure, give someone a chance to prove themselves, see what might happen… I never want to be the person that doesn’t experience the highs… but the lows, really heighten the loneliness…

Might get a Swim Sport Spa Love tattoo, tbh.

Dreamt I had sex with a man whose willy had been sewn back together in six different places, if any one wants to know the state of my brain right now.

3rd date with someone on Friday night and under my tinfluence, he’s gone out and bought some spaghetti hoops! He might be the one!

Farage: epic grifter

Having just painted my kitchen ceiling, I can absolutely testify on behalf of my kitchen floor, that the old maxim “what goes up must come down” is absolutely true!

Me buying trousers: no no no I’m not a petite. *buys regular trousers *has them taken up *turns out they are EXACTLY the same length of the petite 🤣

Just call him, Ben, you absolute cad!

The Scene: me sat in a restaurant at a table by myself, enjoying a single plate of food. Restaurant Manager (visiting each table): Dinner for one? Me: no, 12, but I ate the other 11 because the service is so slow.

Very relatable, toilet, very relatable.