u/ExoticPlankton8287

I’ve recently started dipping my toe into the dating pool again, after my husband died last year. For various reasons it was a miserable marriage anyway, he was emotionally abusive and controlling, but my realisation that I’m gay has been a huge part of my ability to look forward, not back.
I signed up to Her, and literally within minutes I found someone I went to school with I didn’t know was gay, messaged her and we met yesterday for coffee and a chat.
She is also relatively recently out of an abusive relationship (her ex went to jail for it) so we are both obviously in a vulnerable state right now,
But, the conversation yesterday was so free flowing, we talked about things I have never talked about with anyone.
I really like her and I think she likes me.
When I got home I messaged to say I had had fun and would she like to do it again sometime, she said she did too but she’s busy this week, she will get back to me.

Later on, we had a brief text exchange about a post a mutual friend made which was all very friendly.

I want her to know I’m interested but also, I am very conscious that her ex was apparently very full on and used to bombard her with messages. So I want to take it slowly without seeming like I’m not bothered.

What’s the best way forward?

I booked some tickets for me and some mates to see a gig by another mate’s band. I got a group booking discount and with booking fee it worked out as £24.98 per person as opposed to £35.80 if we had all bought individually.
They have pinging me money all evening to pay me back.
Out of eight people, six have paid me £24.98 exactly. The other two paid me £25 so I’m 4p up on the deal, I’m not complaining.
I’m not trying to make a profit but in that scenario wouldn’t most people just round it up to the nearest pound? I definitely would but it seems that I would be in the minority?
WWYD?

My son dropped his phone yesterday, so I took it to the local phone fixing shop. We have several, but every single one of them also sells vapes, one got busted last week for selling vapes to kids. Another one, my late husband got shut down because he traced his stolen iPad there, phoned the police and they raided it, but it opened again under a slightly different name a week later, and the third one, while we were in there, a guy came in with a bag and said “I’ve got six 17s”, the guy behind the counter said come back in a bit, and nodded at us.
They all just feel a bit sketchy and as if you are in the middle of a crime scene.
Why hasn’t one of the big companies cornered this market? My local Tesco has everything from shoe repair to a dentist, so why isn’t there a Tesco Repair or something?
Apparently Timpsons fix phones but you have to send it off and who has time for that? I’m not implying that every phone repair shop is dodgy, but I don’t know how to work out which ones are and if the prices are fair etc, parts are OK etc. I was charged £100 for a new Galaxy A16 screen. Is that good, average, what? What’s the benchmark?

For what must presumably be a much needed service, why isn’t anyone else cashing in on it?