Foolhardy romantic idea advice…..

FunkyDunc – You’re probably right mate 🙁

So far the plan sounds only slightly less stalkerish than this:

That sign they had on the BT Tower for Bowie…..

What about if you arrange to meet her and take the day off? Why does it have to be such a surprise for her?

Because he’s an impetuous, romantic fool that wants to make some lass happy with big, spontaneous gestures. It’s got risks but it’s an admirable quality and ultimately, if she’s the one for you, she’ll get it – that said, your plan as described may need some refinement 🙂

(Oh, and stop buying her stuff!)

I do try to understand the rise of these dating apps – I’m sure there are benefits but they just seem to add another layer of problems to the while dating thing.

My eldest is happily settled and thankfully hasn’t had the need for them however my 22 year old son seems to use then quite a bit.

There is one girl that he’s had this weird sort of ‘relationship’ with over a similar distance (he’s up north and she’s in London although has family near us). However on the couple of occasions they could have met she’s not gone through with it.

They call, text, snap chat, face time – but not meet – I’m confused?! I mean what is that all about.

He still seems drawn to her but her behaviour just seems really odd.

He didn’t see the funny side when I said there are plenty more Tinderella’s out there . . . .

Could be the same one!

Well I thought it was a nice idea

the next call you get will be from her uncle…

I’ll bring the Chloroform, you’ll need it when she hits you over the head with a John Lewis frying pan…!

you need to write a song and perform it in the shop

nothing is real until you meet.

I hope you manage to get assisted by her, and not another shopping assistant. A 6 foot tall, with a beer belly, called Frank…..

PS, Has she sent you pics of her boobies on snapchat yet?? 😉

I was just about call Houns to the thread- this thread has Gym Girl written all over it!

The best thing to do is turn up wearing a leotard with her face printed on the front and invite her out for a rohypoccino.

John Lewis.

Never knowingly under(blind)fold.

Ha, well it was an idea! Doubtless the reality is it would go down badly, cost a fortune and she doesn’t actually want to meet me anyway. Oh well.

Someone I know* proposed on the ground floor of Peter Jones. Successfully

I know Peter Jones is tall, but even so…!

I’m sure it should be a nice idea and that is how proper relationships start – but the cynic in me thinks there are some people out there who only want a specific bit of a normal relationship.

They just want the attention and the dialogue but without any of the commitment/risk/physical side . . . . They’ve turned to apps . . . Whilst the rest of us have STW 😆

CaptainFlashheart – Member
You may be lucky.

Someone I know* proposed on the ground floor of Peter Jones. Successfully.

*ahem.Yeah, but the ‘someone you know’ was in an actual relationship with the recipient already, weren’t they?

Weren’t they? 😯

😉

Is your name Mark Corrigan?

😆

Lol @Vorlich it may as well be yes!

Will they be on an episode of catfish soon

Doubt it, we didn’t “meet” through a dating site

I say do it.

There’s a small chance you’ll make a girl really happy, walk off into the sunset (after exiting through homewares).

The much more likely scenario is you’ll make a large number of middle-aged mountain biking engineers (mostly with doctorates) happy by relating the story on this here thread.

It’s win-win.

For a great contingent of STW, merely talking to the opposite sex is “a bit stalkerish”. In fact, exiting their bedrooms where the curtains have been drawn all week while they’ve been coding feverishly and encountering another human is a bit stalkerish. So, y’know, faint heart never…and the rest.

Don’t do it, you should never mess with someones work place, she won’t be able to relax, especially when ambushed.

Why not hide in the shadows outside her place of work, and then follow her home, wearing a mask for added excitement?
You could then burst in through her front door, shouting, “SURPRISE!!!”.
Imagine the look on her little face.

Nah I’m not much of a walker I’ll just hide in the bushes and wait until she gets home. Dressed as a hedgehog so the neighbours don’t spoil the suprise.

What you don’t realise is that she is driving to your work tomorrow,with her own hedgehog suit

I’ll take the Welliphant costume from work and she can admire the length of my trunk!!

How many months has this been going on? I’m just surprised that it could go on for more than a couple of weeks before one of you suggested it would be nice to meet in person.

This could be a film. Most likely on crime watch though.

Get who ever is running the background music in the shop to shove some Jennifer Warner and Joe Cocker on, put on a white naval avaitor outfit and go for it….

Ex colleague of mine had a similar long distance thing going on with a girl 400 miles away. 6 months backwards and forwards on text apparently? Bought her gifts etc but had never met. He even started calling her his girlfriend one day whilst out for lunchtime drinks.

We very delicately explained to him, in the nicest (and possibly quite old fashioned way), that she couldn’t possibly be his girlfriend, because he hadn’t f****d her yet 😉

Seriously though dude, man up, if you’re chasing the right person then dating should be simple, ask her out on a date, is she can make it then great, go and see her. If she can’t make it but offers you an alternative date then great, shows she’s keen so reschedule. If she gets back to you and declines more than a couple of times for some reason (too busy, other stuff on etc) but doesn’t offer an alternative date then she’s either not serious or she’s playing you (and probably loads of other schmucks) for attention so sack her off an move on.

Oh and please don’t ever buy a girl a gift until you’ve at least met her a few times. Girls can smell desperation a mile off and sending gifts at this stage just looks far to ‘needy’.

Sorry mate but I’m experienced at this stuff, just departing my wisdom. Choose to do with it what you will. Good luck 😉

Yup. It does indeed seem ridiculous. Never mind.

You are in the friend zone (about 275 miles into it!). Do not drop in without talking to her – creepy.

Note – I have done this and brought pizza and beer. I think we can all agree it was a little stalkerish. (I broke out of the friend zone and we have now been married 21 years – but not sure the pizza and beer helped)

If you really like her talk to her and arange to meet up!

It’s very easy to build up romantic notions and scenarios in your mind if you’re romantically inclined, don’t have a real idea of a person based on real interaction and have been on your own for a while perhaps.
Distance can make this more so I think.

Meet her.

This could be a film.

It is Shopgirl[/url], with Steve Martin and Claire Danes.

Ol’ Steve rolls into the shop and gets her to help with buying a pair of sex-gloves. Which he then posts to her, LIKE A STALKER.

🙂

Sorry mate but I’m experienced at this stuff, just departing my wisdom

Says the guy who thinks you can’t call her a girlfriend until you’ve f***ed her.

Call me old-fashioned but what happened to holding hands?

Sounds like a totally shite plan. You’ll put the her in a really difficult spot turning up unannounced at work making sex faces. That’s not acceptable, you’ll look like a freak and potentially get her in trouble with her employer.
You may not want to hear this, but if it was going to go anywhere you would have met by now.

Get yourself a fleshlight and make yourself cross eyed instead.