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I forgot to say, byeeee...

Im abandoning this blog... as many >6 month blogs before it im thinking its time to give up while the goings good.

I will still be following, and may post again or start up a new one when times get bad :)

Im not new here anymore, Im thinking of moving again though.

Thanks guys and gals

and good night

Night clubs

Hey, well firstly I want to apologise for not blogging in nearly a month…apologising to an imaginary audience, first sign of madness. I’ve been on holiday and before that nothing much changed and nothing much happened of any significance.

Tonight was a sober, tired, night in a local nightclub/bar, and I couldn’t help notice, and frankly be pretty disgusted that it really could be compared to a cattle market. I can’t help but think that if Id been my normal drunk self I would not have noticed but the sight of ridiculously fake girls and typical lads gawping as they went past really struck a nerve.

What kind of girl am I hoping to meet here? Its not entirely accurate to say I don’t like clubs, I cant be doing with these club/bars where people pull up chairs and attempt to have a conversation inches away from people attempting to dance the night away. Who are these people kidding, you can’t hear what they are saying and if my group of friends wanted to make small talk we could have stayed at home. You should be able to get lost in the music then talk at the bar, dance with a girl then buy her a drink.

Also the clubs/bars I frequent seem to have a boy/girl ratio that is heavily weighted to the XY, which results in even more typical lads gawping at a concentrated form of typical girls.

Hello, My Names Red and I'm a Coffeeholic.

My coffee addiction has gotten serious, Its possibly reached the point of coffee dependency…

Me my younger woman have the strangest relationship… I really can not get my head around it. No sex, actually barely sexual contact what so ever….It’s a text book “we should just be friends” relationship but neither of us wants to say it first. The major family event went ok, mainly because there were about 100 less people than they expected, unfortunate for the family but good news for me

I’m ever so attracted to her friend…she’s more fun, better looking and possibly slightly more promiscuous but I’m fairly sure this makes me a terrible person and realistically the whole “running off with the best friend” situations rarely work.

Me and the Work Colleague were getting on well, everyone seems to dislike her so I’ve been the voice of reason and a friend for the last week or so. There were occasional exchanges of flirting… she took my number, constantly giggles at me but then casually mentioned a boyfriend…or was it a friend’s boyfriend? Anyway I then skulked off… and am currently deciding if she is worth stealing.

There are also a few other romantic interests… but maybe more about them later….


Yes. We have already decided I am a terrible person.

All is quiet in the world of Red

Firstly where have all the bloggers gone? Everyone I’m following hasn’t blogged in ages and I’m starting to feel slightly alone out here!

Back to the real world: I have come back from my holiday. Back from all my home friends I grew up with, back to work and a slightly segregated life. I still don’t know nearly enough people around here and am getting pretty bored.

I can’t afford the travel to see the woman I’m romancing and for me and my short sightedness that’s more than enough to kill a relationship. To make matters worse in this sexless, more like friendship, soon to be fizzling out, relationship I am attending a major and very serious family event…how do I get my self into these situations?!?

On more interesting grounds an interesting, attractive work colleague has just joined our company and we spent all evening watching films and chatting (at work…my jobs very odd, don’t worry about it)

Red Out

A useful tip

Driving home to visit family up north my attention was drawn to a road sign…12 foot wide which simply read:

“DO NOT USE THE HARD SHOULDER”

Well thank you Mr road side sign writing man, if it wasn’t for your not so casual reminder I may have forgotten my years of driving experience, not to mention the highway code, and strayed into that lane which we all know is reserved for emergencies.

In fact I wish you were around more often to write me glaringly obvious notices, some from my visit could have included

“WARNING: Do not try to rekindle a relationship with the girl from home who messed you around”

“OBSERVE: Giving your best friends ex evil stares is not appreciated by anyone”

“CAUTION: Telling old girlfriends how amazing they were may annoy current partners”

“DANGER: Do not drunk text”


Where were you when I needed you most Mr road side sign writing man?

Life can kill…take a break

Trapped

I’ve heard of being getting trapped in a friend relationship when you really wanted more, but what about becoming trapped in an emotional, committed relationship when you just wanted some fun?

Maybe it is because we haven’t actually had “fun” yet…and the build up to “fun” is taking too long...

Picture this:

You date someone for a month or so, everything is going really well, you really click emotionally…great…but then they announce they believe in no sex before marriage… can you leave that relationship without seeming shallow and making it look like you were only after one thing?

I feel I am morally in a similar situation.

See I’ve built up trust, told her she’s beautiful, held her face in my hands while we kiss…but there still isn’t that spark…although I’m fairly sure she thinks there must be. But how can I end this now? Come to think of it… end what?

Things are bizarre we kiss to greet, go out, chat, watch a film at her place and that’s about it, maybe a bit more kissing at some point, but there is always a reason not to stay.

We are not officially in a relationship though (both have single Facebook statuses for all that’s worth) and don’t introduce each other as “boyfriend and girlfriend”.

She went for a meal with another bloke (who apparently is in a relationship).

Maybe I’m over thinking it, I’m pretty sure any other red blooded male would tell her to get lost…am I showing cowardice or kindness?

I’m off on annual leave for a few weeks to visit family…maybe it will just fizzle out.

Do these things fizzle?

The Curse of the Blogger

By reading and writing too many blogs in this case relating to dating blogs, I have started to feel the effects I shall name “The Curse of the Blogger”

(If there is already a well established “Curse of the Blogger” I am more than willing to rename it something equally foreboding)

Firstly – As I go about town and talk to my friends, I often wonder what can go into my next blog. I almost secretly hope that the next girl will turn out to be utter rubbish just so I can write something fantastic. But alas relationships are progressing slowly, I have been busy at work so have not seen much of my younger woman , but things are much the same…nothing to report.

(this could be a good sign? but undoubtedly suggests early boredom)

Secondly – As I meet people and interact in their lives I wonder if they have a secret blog and if they do how they would write about me? I fear this is a subject that bares certain similarities to the “Truman Show” and such thinking could seriously damage ones mental state. I find my self asking if the prolonged eye contact with the pretty girl on the train has suddenly turned into some blog entitled “why do men not make the first move” or equally one titled “why do men stare at me on trains”

I believe it is a similar phenomenon as when you become engrossed in a particularly gripping series of novels and suddenly find your self narrating your life (in your head hopefully) in the narrators soothing tones. I now find my self turning my relationships with those around me into short paragraphs as if they were written by my favourite bloggers.

Sexual Desire?

So my best friend down here is moving out from her fiancée at the start of July, Scott is no longer in the picture so I think she really has made the most of June. I might convince her to set up a blog of her own….

Anyway…back to my life and the purpose of this post.

Well we have just been told that work will no longer be supplying coffee, so if some sort of staff coffee collective can not be formed pronto blogging as you know it may cease to exist.

I’ve had a few awkward conversations with my younger woman, I’m really after that “want to rip each others clothes off” feeling but I’m just not getting that vibe off her. I know she likes me, maybe she just lacks confidence in that department?

It’s possible, in fact I’m pretty sure that we have clicked emotionally but not physically and I’m not entirely sure what I can do to change that.

Well she has told me she can be wild when she wants to be….don’t ask how we got into that conversation…. But I keep fishing for flirty text messages and I’m just not getting any back. I made them quite easy to reply to.

Well we are meeting in the middle of the week for a few drinks, I’m pretty sure this is her last chance. Some nice subtle undertones of sexuality would be a start.

I want to see flirting and real sexual desire.

Returning stolen goods

So I've had one of those bad days.

I cycled to Tesco today for the sole purpose of buying hair gel.

I wonder in through the doors, bag slung over one shoulder, and the alarm goes off.

The scruffy, 20 something, security guard looks somewhat alarmed and appears behind me

"Hello, sir"

"...."

"Do you mind if I look in your bag?"

"You are joking....are you seriously suggesting that I have already stolen something? Or perhaps I have succumb to a tremendous sense of guilt and am trying to return something previously stolen"

He looked slightly shocked and just wondered back to his post.

It didn't go off on the way out, suggesting it was not even my fault it went off in the first place, so Mr stuck up security man has most certainly missed someone actually stealing something.

Every little does certainly not help.


I've had this problem before, usually when you buy something from another shop and they forget to take the tag off.

The alarms sound the noise alerts shoppers and staff alike, whispers can be heard

"He has stolen something, he may steal again!!"

No kissing?

I currently have something going on with a woman younger than me, with parents in a much higher income bracket.

Meeting one – In a local hot spot, thought she looked really pretty, spent all night talking to her friends, but for some reason she gave me her number.

Date 1 – Went for drinks near me

She got out of the taxi looking a lot more pretty than I remembered and I hugged her in greeting while wishing I had made more of an effort.

We went to a few bars, chatted about everything we could think of. Conversation flowed well and she somehow managed to mention her heated indoor pool and how her parents drive sports cars.

She called another cab and I was left wanting more.

Date 2 – To the coast

Spent most the time laughing – no sign of a first kiss yet…

A group of tourists ask to take their photo and refer to my date as my girlfriend, slightly awkward and I tease her about it all the way home.

End up going to the cinema… god I have no money left, first kiss outside the cinema.

Drive her home

(Right this is getting annoying, I date younger woman for their “wild side” I’m starting to see my mistake. We kissed a few times, but it properly seems to lack passion)

Date 3 – Beach

Spent most the time kissing, she says she doesn’t like public signs of affection. I get bored and drive her home.

Oh did I mention I’ve met the parents already? I’m starting to think she just isn’t my type.

Corner stones.

Just to set the scene, and give you an idea of the 10 weeks I’ve just been through

I kind of always knew that moving somewhere new would be a bit tricky, I’ve always been kind of happy on my own but I’m really not sure how healthy that is. I have moved pretty far away from home so have really started again with friendship circles and everything, I’ve met some pretty odd characters.

My new jobs going well, everyone hates the manager, but that’s normal right? I’ve learnt that false confidence gets you everywhere and failing that just refusing to acknowledge mistakes entirely works equally well. The guys I work with offer plenty of writing material.

After getting out of a long relationship and being messed around far too much I’m staying well clear of relationships, unless I find the one… right ;) I’ll be sure to note down how that goes.

I’m walking in the park today and I bump into my new best friend, her ex fiancée and a lad called Scott she has been messing around with. To make matters worse the ex fiancée is convinced there is something going on between her and me. I hung around just long enough to realise they weren’t arguing, felt slightly and strangely disappointed I made my excuses and left.

Fixed my bike and washed the car. The bike didn’t need fixing; the car didn’t need washing, just your standard day off in the sunshine really.

I’m thinking of starting the scribblings of a book, something fictional with some fantastic relatable characters.

Well hope this has made a good corner stone.