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Hurrah! I have managed to work out a way to tell my lovely old farrier that I no longer need his services for my old boy without hurting his feelings... which means...

FIT FARRIER TIME! I didn't even have to pull any shoes off :) Now I just need to find someone to persuade him that I'm utterly fabulous and am in fact the girl of his dreams...

Oh....

AND I'm running out of "I just threw this on because I'm working and didn't think about it at all but don't I look fabulous in these breeches?!" outfits... bugger...

To limp or not to limp? To do swishy hair or not do swishy hair? THAT is the question... anyone fancy sending me their horses due for shoeing so he's here for more than an hour? (I think the fact that he only had two sets to do yesterday and stayed for three and a half hours may be a sign, or maybe I just make good tea and he genuinely wanted to buy a puppy...oh POOBAGS.)

Someone please come and slap me. I'm being ridiculous. Alternatively, someone phone him and tell him I'm great. In a SUBTLE way :)
 
I'm in Oxfordshire... if we do have the same farrier please talk me up until your face pops!

As far as I'm aware I haven't taken any "interesting" substances... 'tis just excitement at the prospect of farrier time :D and the first full nights sleep I've had since the puppies were born...thirteen weeks ago!

4faults, see previous post re: sexy farrier... not only is he sexy, he's reliable, very very good at his job, and has a lovely dog.

It doesn't get any better!
 
Easier said than done! He needs to realise that he wants to be got!

Binky, you're FAR too close to me for me to be giving out that sort of information - you might nick him! If you're VERY nice I'll tell you that his first name starts with J and ends with ames. And his surname is P------ :)
 
PHEW.

If you could just get him to do one of yours, and tell him I'm clearly his dream girl, that would be great... I'll give you some of the onions I managed to grow! (How can you refuse?!)
 
Out of interest...is it confirmed that he is single? If so then we can hatch a cunning plan to ensnare him for you lol
 
Hmm....mine needs a trim?? Or if you wanted to pay for a full set on hairy and borrow him he'll be there AAAAAGES trying to shoe through all that feather ;)
 
Oh bums... I hadn't even THOUGHT of that!!!

I assume he is... lives with his MALE friend who is engaged (so they can't be THAT sort of friends :) ) told me the other week about his EX dumping him because her dog ate the Christmas turkey and he shouted at it...

I hope he is... he'd BETTER be! My dog loves his dog, it's meant to be!!!

Clippy... I saw him first! ANd Binky, I like the way you think!
 
If he mentioned he was single then think that he could be trying to show you the green light!

Why dont you just text him and ask him out for a drink! Move quick if he is single, there will be lots after him!
 
But I'm a wimp! Finkle you're far too practical...it's terrifying!

I need to calm down, I'm impulsively eating grapes and now I'm bound to get the grape sweats and turn into a giant fat grape. Then he DEFINITELY won't want to shoe my horses!
 
Ditto,if he's young-ish and single, there's a fair old chance he's usually up for going out for drinks in town withhis mates etc,so subtly ask him about weekend plans and such when he's there? And if he says he's out in town, then you 'happen' to be out the weekend with your girl mates too and promise him a drink if you happen to bump into each other ;)

Subtle but blunt enough :)
 
Ok and breathe!!!!

hahaha i reckon he could also he giving you the greenlight with saying his ex dumped him! When he comes over to shoe, have a pot of tea on invite him in after and get chatting! hopefully then he'll do the decent thing and ask you out! :D
 
I know its scary...but if you delay, just imagine the next time he comes to shoe your horse and hes chatting about his new girlfriend! LOL can imagine your post on here!

He either says yes or no...yes then success..if its no just get another farrier.
 
I love you all, would one of you be kind enough to come and lock me in a cupboard when he's here and get all the asking bit over and done with? I've never been good at it! I'm a blusher!

Cavblacks...tried the tea yesterday, he just drank it! How dare he!

And Finkle... this is my trilemma - he is SUCH a good farrier, and those are in short supply round here... oh poo.
 
Unfortunately he's not our farrier - ours is lovely too - (much too young for me and I'm happily married anyway) - if my daughter didn't have a boyfriend I would be definitely doing a bit of matchmaking. Go for it - you have nothing to lose.
 
I can pass you a number of a really fab farrier if all else fails :)

Even if not....still keep him and just leave your horses in for him to do.

OR.

I can just get his number, text him the link to this thread and give fate a helping hand ;) ;)
 
Get your friend to text him...saying 'my friend doesnt know ive sent this, but really likes you. why dont you ask her out for a drink'

Then if he doesnt you can pretend you knew nothing about the text..if he mentions it, deny all knowledge,pretend to be cross about it.Hopefully you will achieve an Oscar winning performance and self-respect will be maintained.

Otherwise you could well be swinging off his arm this time next week...making us all envious that you are dating a farrier and getting free sets of shoes lol
 
I think we can safely say all hopes of self respect and dignity have been squished!

I do hope that I will soon be writing a post entitled "I gots me a farrier!".. but I don't think I have big enough balls, or subtle enough friends to do the job!
 
Firstly, what have you been dipping those grapes in? I need some! I also need a fit farrier. Ours in grumpy and too old for my liking.

I would like to pretend that i would say 'What are you upto at weekend then?' .... 'Fancy a drink at the pub'

But i wouldn't. I would say nothing. Then i would kick myself 1 million times a day for the rest of my life when he got with some brainless bimbo. So let that hypothetical story be a lesson to you, and ask him!!

Then come and tell us the juicy gossip so we can all dream of having our own hot farrier one day :D
 
He'll probably know by tomorrow :eek:, when someone asks who he shod for today and took 3 hours over 2 horses! You would be amazed at who reads this board without ever posting! :eek: :p :D
 
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