About DoityourselfDeb

DoityourselfDeb is single and is seeking males for friendship or a serious relationship.

What do you like most about where you currently live?

It has a cracking good racecourse, just ask Frankel. Good transport links which works for me as a non driver... I've watched too much F1 and TT and I know for a fact I'd try to copy them on the roads so it's far safer for everyone that I don't. Genuinely...

Over 50's only please, it's a generation thing...Oh and for the love of all things normal, please stop with the sniggering innuendo 'DIY' comments if you get in touch, think B&Q etc nowt else... Cheers! :)

What do you enjoy most about your current job?

It pays me, albeit an absolute pittance, I can up close to iconic things that run on tracks and I'm never stuck in one place as it's a massive site.

What are your favourite leisure activities?

DIY, chucking bits of wood together and having a crack at 'making' things. I'm 100% having a mid fifties life crisis doing that.. I stand back and look at my wee garden gate I built and think it actually looks quite good.. No, honestly I do...
I also love being outside, be it tramping around the countryside, watching wildlife mainly birds etc at reserves, old sites or coastal places then that's me happy, even happier if I find a bench to sit on when I'm knackered! 😁 I judge a decent day on how many splinters I get, or how mucky and clarted my boots get and how much (mud or cow muck) is on my dog when we get home. So given the choice of a day out in a shopping centre or sitting on a hill, it's a no brainer as being outdoors is my absolute no.1 thing and nothing much compares to a great view and muddy feet come rain or shine.

Indoors it's a good film, horseracing, football, motorbike road racing and pretty much most other sports on the tv so I'd never be saying switch that off! Definitely no plastic fantastic 'celebrity' reality tv stuff nor soaps...I'll look for a decent documentary/natural world etc, then probably go outside and look at my gate again... amazed that it still works, self closes and it's still hanging straight...ish.

Where in the world are your favourite places?

Scotland, Ireland, a wee island called Rathlin and I've a big soft spot for Islay. If it's green I love it, added bonus points if it's also near a loch or the sea. Weirdly though I love New York too.

Where in the world would you love to visit?

Canada, Alaska, New Zealand (outdoorsy) and Rome for history reasons.

What would you do on an ideal date?

B&Q? An hour mooching in a timber yard and even better if I'm with someone who can advise me whilst also taking the mick about me having not one bloody clue about what I'm doing? Joking, or maybe not...
Nah, a wee dander somewhere with no expectations, friendly chatting/banter unless you've legged it after 5 mins... I can come across as quiet at first but 9 times out of 10 I'm just taking it all in and then I'll waffle with the best of them as you can maybe tell by the length of this profile... I'm not big on sat at a table face to face on first meet ups, it feels like I'm on a crime documentary being interrogated and I tend to get a guilty look about me ;)

What are you looking for in a partner?

A best mate and a laugh, gods honest truth a proper laugh. The sort of pish taking, witty banter and chat. Give it and take it, I take the pish out of myself all the time and as long as it's done daft then fire away! It sounds twee but if you can laugh at the stuff life throws at you then everything else that follows just flows. Obviously I can do serious chat too, when needed if you say my wee gate is rubbish! Also someone that takes the 'doityourself' bit of my name as DIY.. nowt else, see above again! :)
Add honesty, no stretchers of truth needed thanks and if anyone wants that they can turn the tv on and see enough of them on there.. But truthfully, who I am to say what anyone should be like, I've no expectations/judgements on anyone. I'm very down to earth, working class as my dad would say and no airs and graces about me, what you see and hear is what you get and that's kind of the type I'd love to meet too.
I'm not looking for one night stands, FWB, or quick 'just fun', they're not my thing and it's not happening...

What makes a good relationship?

As above, humour. You can have a crap day but nothing lifts it better than laughing. Sounds naff sure but tis true. Trust, kindness, patience and talking. I don't mean talking as in wanting to know every single thing in your head but if the chat and communication stops then everything else follows doesn't it? Being good pals/partners in crime with a partner is much underrated.

What makes you laugh?

Apart from my wageslip or my boss asking me last minute if I want to work overtime?
Daftness, pish taking, witty one liners, sarcasm when done jokingly mindst. My dog too, the daftest living thing on this earth bar none. Myself in a self depricating way, the 'beauty' of getting older is putting the recycling in the washing machine or a bank card in the toaster and yep, I've done it and worse.

What music do you like?

I can happily listen to most stuff, eclectic taste music wise and I'd rarely if ever tell you to turn that bloody rubbish off.. I love music, it can change your day and lift your mood and you'll usually see me with an earpiece in singing badly.

What has been the highlight of your life so far?

Does recently building my front gate from scratch and hanging it count? Aye I know, change the record but I built it! ;)

Nah, my lad all and 23 years of him. He's high functioning Aspergers and he's had it hard in the past but seeing him grow the last few years blows my mind with how he's just cracked on with it all and pulled himself up to be the brilliant, funniest and most bloody amazing lad that he is and along with that him educating me and opening up my own eyes along the way too. Nowt makes me happier than when he's happy.
Living in rural N.Ire too for over a decade and having my own horses. I was dead lucky enough to have had a lovely life there while it lasted oh and digging up nettles and replanting them on Rathlin... It's a bird conservation thing ;)

What are you looking forward to in the future?

Seeing my leccy and gas bill dropping... A lottery win so I can bugger off and live on an Island somewhere and live like Hannah Hauxwell with just a cow for company (tis a Yorkshire thing)
That my dog might actually listen to me and actually drop what decaying thing it is that he has in his mouth out on walks so I don't have to wrestle it out of his mush.. (Labrador, sees it, goes deaf ignores me and eats it)

Honestly, I've no daft expectations of the future as I'm a pretty easy come and easy go type and smile most of the time. It'd be kind of nice if someone did appear though so I'll keep throwing the dice for a wee while longer. It's flippin tricky on here though since I joined in Spring!

Am I content in my own company and have I ever been married?

I'm pretty content with my own company, I think if you're in a relationship it doesn't mean you have to live in each others pockets 24/7 and I'm not in a desperate rush to be honest. I reckon that I'm the least demanding of your time type person and happy to give space but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't love seeing and spending quality time with someone on a regularish basis and not just once a month.
Trust helps make that work and it's healthy that a couple have that for themselves I think? I'm possibly missing something now or someone, or it's maybe just this mad mid 50's crisis thing again and I should just be content with my dog for company and my tool box?

Nope, never married nor much wanted to and the whole idea of it gives me the shudders, a big fancy frock does nothing for me. I'm still a jeans and trainers/boots type, so Marks n Spencers comfortable sandals and elasticated waistband skirts and high neck blouses can stay on the hangers a few more years and nor do I wear a ton of make up either. My wrinkles are earnt, my laughter lines are deeper than my frowning ones and I'm just the 'girl next door' looks wise.

So, if you read all of this can I just say thanks and that you must have the patience of a bloody saint and it'd be nice to maybe say hello. :)