I’m a feminist but sometimes I worry I’m too independent. I’m surprised at how hard I’ve found it to be in a relationship again. Over the past two years, I have grown and changed and I was so eager to get into a relationship with the right kind of person I worry I’ve steamed ahead…
Broken Boys
Broken Boys You are not a counsellor to heal all the distorted childhoods. You are not a hospital to mend all the broken behaviours. If a boy is damaged, it is not your job to do what his mother did not.Put your heart and soul into loving him, But don’t expect to plaster up the…
Our heroes and our heroines.
When you tell your son and your daughter a bedtime story, I hope the narrative will have changed.They don’t need to hear of distressed damsels or Prince Charming hair – they need the stories in which the girl saves herself and sometimes she saves Prince Charming, too.For we all need guidance at one point or…
Self-care and What a Time to be Alone.
Choose yourself. Over and over again. Even when you’ve let yourself down. Choose yourself. Even when it feels uncomfortable. Choose yourself. Even when you’re tired. Choose yourself. Chidera Eggerue When things aren’t going to plan, it’s more crucial than ever to love and care for yourself. I’m still on the path of a career change,…
Memories
Memories The way you touch your chest when you’re passionate about the words you speak. The way you screw your face up when you giggle. The pitch of your voice when we get excited together. The curve of your stomach That leads to the lace of your lingerie and the shape of your pubic hair….
When you least expect it.
Everyone always says, ‘you’ll find someone when you least expect it‘. I’ve always disliked this saying; I least expect to find a boyfriend when I’m in Sainsbury’s, with unwashed hair and probably a hormone spot just starting on my jawline. Or when I’m hurridly filling up with petrol in the pouring rain in converse. Or,…
Radio Silence…
My lovely readers, I apologise for the radio silence. A while ago, I mentioned that I’m adapting my blogs into a book and for the past few months, I’ve been going over my old blog posts and editing them and trying to put the posts into a coherent format. However, that’s not the only reason…
How to Survive…School Reunions
School reunions – survival 101 Be charming to everyone, even the person who said bitchy things about you behind your back ten years ago. Don’t drink too much. The school days are over and you don’t want to make a tit of yourself when you ought to be older and wiser. Don’t lie – if…
Blogging to Booking.
Hello readers, The silence hasn’t been for nothing. Although I haven’t posted anything new for the past month, I have been going through every single blog I’ve written over the past five years and edited them on my Mac. As I’m navigating this career change, I’m using my time to make my blog into ‘something…
Everything I know about love and sex now I’m 26. Part 2/2
Inspired by Dolly Alderton in her book, ‘Everything I know about love’. See Part 1/2 here. Nice guys are hard to come by. If you spend the entirety of your teenage years in ONE long-term committed relationship by the time you turn 21, you won’t know how to talk to a boy you like, flirt,…
