Separate
A few weeks ago I had an appointment to see Nathan’s counsellor. I have mentioned him before in passing (cute; curly hair) and I was a little nervous before the meeting, mainly because, as a parent, I...
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I have been asked by my uni to help out at our next open day. I am extremely thrilled about this; firstly, I feel very flattered to have been asked, but also I am very excited about the prospect of...
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Last week Vole wrote a blog post regarding youth unemployment and I meant to comment on it. Unfortunately my mulling, and then distractions from uni work prevented me from writing anything before now...
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When I was about twelve years old I had a crush on James Bondman. In the same year at school, he was chubby, with a very florid complexion, nondescript cropped brown hair, and a rather fine pair of...
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Tonight my gentle golden retriever was put to sleep. Her many skin allergies had reached a point where I couldn't watch her suffer anymore. So tonight there's no goldie sleeping beside my bed.
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Today I bit the bullet and (kind of) joined an online dating thing. To be more precise, I signed up to a newspaper’s version. The paper is a bit crafty, really; it states that it’s free to join but for...
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Last night I took my boys and mum to Symphony Hall in Birmingham for the CBSO’s Christmas Choral Spectacular. Hosted (brilliantly) by Sue Perkins, it was a really wonderful evening. The two highlights...
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Already I have deleted my account with the newspaper Internet dating site. To be honest, I got cold feet about it all. I spent an hour or so reading various profiles (of both men and women) and...
View Article2012
So, here we are again, with just a few days remaining of the old year. I’ve decided not to make any resolutions this year, ostensibly because there wasn’t one of my resolutions from last year which...
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Last night I went on a date. You know, a proper date, with a man. I’m still shocked myself, to be honest with you; I even blurted out that I had been on a date to one of the mums at Nathan’s rowing...
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Madonna and the Morons
One of the first men who contacted me through the Soulmates dating site seemed rather nice until he texted me a joke. It went something like this:A blind man bragged that he could tell the origin of...
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These last few days since my date on Saturday have been rather interesting, if not somewhat difficult. Nearly a fortnight ago the chap who was to become last Saturday’s date first made contact. We hit...
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When I dated Simon, for all of my moaning about him, there were a few positives to be gained from the experience; some exciting trips out and about (France, Isle of Wight, Warwick, erm, Bognor), an...
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On Wednesday afternoon I walked out of my lecture, trailing behind two of my student colleagues who were deep in conversation. They were discussing Cameron’s attempt to cap benefits to families on...
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When my marriage finally ended it was not due to my husband’s preoccupation with porn or his constant lying, it was not because of his verbal and emotional abuse or his terrifying ability to rack up...
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In the summer I was having a conversation with one of our lecturers, over tea and flapjacks. We were discussing our uni’s policy of admitting students that other universities might not otherwise...
View ArticleCuriosity
On Monday night a text came through on my phone. It read, “Hello ‘Blossom’ how are you keeping? X” Unfortunately my phone just listed the sender’s number not their name so I did not know who the sender...
View ArticleIf lemon cake be the food of love, bake on
I read a statement in a book the other night that was both obvious but also a revelation. This book stated that women are far more likely to experience orgasms during sex in established long-term...
View ArticleMy mistress' eyes
In two weeks’ time, on the 19th of March to be exact, it will have been a year since I last had sex and, if I’m honest, I am rather ambivalent about it.One of my new year’s resolutions, at the...
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Yesterday I had my interview at Uni as part of my application to study next year for a PGCE in post compulsory education. As I had expressed an interest in my application form for teaching literacy and...
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