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,…
Everything I knew about love and sex when I was 16. Part 1/2
Inspired by Dolly Alderton in her book, ‘Everything I know about love’. Read part 2 (what I know now I’m 26) here. There is such a thing as the perfect man. He is my boyfriend. Getting a boyfriend is easy – just ask a friend for a boy’s MSN details and start messaging. Sex was…
When The Guilty Feminist came to Brighton
As my readers will know, I LOVE Deborah Frances-White and her podcast, ‘The Guilty Feminist’. Well, now she’s written a book of the same name and her book tour ended in Brighton. You can buy Deborah’s book from Waterstones here. My friend and fellow blogger joined me for an evening of giggles, roaring laughter and…
Is it starting?
Not being a mum was never an option for me. But over the last few years, circumstance has meant remaining childless might be a consideration. Being single at 26 is fine, and I know many women (who want children) don’t have them until their late 30’s and early 40’s, however, I haven’t found someone I’d…
Sex and loneliness: The Italian and The South African.
The loneliness I’ve sporadically felt over the past few years has clouded my judgments. Often, I’ve approached experiences with the attitude of, ‘that’ll make a good chapter for the book!’ and so I do it anyway. Of course, this is why I kept seeing The Bar Man. Until recently, I’ve been using sex as a…
‘Tinder like a man’, he said.
Following from yet another failed attempt at dating, I decided I need to change my tac (doesn’t this sound familiar..?) ‘I’m giving up with dating apps!’ I exclaim to my friends on more than one occasion this summer. ‘They’re full of guys who just want a quick shag. I’ll never find a decent guy on…
How to be a girl (according to magazines)
I’ve given up reading magazines. So many of them are full of instructions of what we should eat, how we should do our makeup and how we should flirt with boys. I’ve compiled a list of the shite I’ve read in magazines and what’s gone through my head immediately after: ‘How to be beach-ready’…
Late at night
Do you text them late at night like you do to me? Do you whisper sweet nothings of what you both could be? Do you show off your cocktail flair then caress their legs and their hair? Do you drink as much with them, ‘though you’ve only gone over at ten? Do you plant kisses…
20 Things You Should Probably Know And Do If You’re Single In Your 20’s.
20 Things You Should Probably Know And Do If You’re Single In Your 20’s: You won’t be single forever! Make sure you’re friends with other single people – being surrounded by couples all the time is depressing. Put yourself out there. But also know when you need to look after yourself. Sometimes, wine and a…
On being single…
Like most single girls in their 20s, I fluctuate between loving being single (saying I am totally independent, I don’t need a man, I want someone who wants me back and who deserves me) and crying to my mum saying no one loves me and I’m destined to be single forever. And clearly my sister…
