So you live with your boyfriend. Great. But now you’re with each other all the time. One another’s irritating habits are amplified, it’s harder to find the time to cool off and you’re wondering if you should have moved in together. Daily arguments have become commonplace in my relationship and we’re working out how to…
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What to Talk About Before You Move in Together
Things you should talk about before you move in together… Money (bills, food shop, date nights): Are you sharing a bank account or are you using an app (Splitwise is fab!) to balance costs? Expectations/standards of what constitutes clean and tidy. It’s much more stressful for a tidy person to live with a messy person…
Two Cups, Not One
If someone told me a year ago that the guy I nearly cancelled on would move into my home in October 2019, I wouldn’t have believed them. At the end of a spree of bad dates, I wasn’t sure whether he wanted to see me again and he’s since told me he couldn’t work out…
Porn
For a while, I’ve wanted to write about porn. In March, I tackled the hairy subject of pubic hair and promised to blog about porn. So, here goes: Porn is such a tricky subject to discuss.  Not only because for so many people it’s an awkward topic to talk about, but also because it can be so…
60 Years
In the space of 20 minutes I saw 60 years. I lived through two marriages, two divorces, and then, strangely, our break up. Slipping in and out of consciousness, the present seemed out of reach. Grasping onto it for three minutes only for the inevitable slip, slip, slip away to wash over me. Fear embodied…
How to Make a New Relationship Blossom
So, you’ve got the guy! Well done, the arduous game of deciphering whether they’re interested is over. Assuming he’s worth the effort, now comes the challenge of keeping the guy. I’ve learnt a few of these along the way, and I try to bear them in mind in the hopes that my relationship will last….
The First Time I Shouted at You
it had been nearly six months. You weren’t to know (and it wasn’t your fault) but I’d been in constant pain for weeks, and it was getting me down. On it, I blamed my limp libido and our absence of sex. In reality, it’s a culmination of your irritating habits and my irritability. Why do…
Love Stories…
Dolly Alderton’s podcast, Love Stories fuels my commute, spurs conversations with my friends and inspires me to consider my own love stories. And so… (with a few additions) A story of first love Of course, I could tell you about my first long-term relationship, but I’ve written about it so often as it’s a blueprint…
A Cocoon
of auburn hair draped around me and you; hiding us from the world – and softening the needles we jab into each other. Sometimes it feels like a vaccine – or acupuncture; Are we harming each other? Or trying to fix the damage that’s been done? Or maybe we’re hoping to minimise future wounds… Photo…
Books Every Single Girl Should Read
What better way to deal with feeling fed-up, lonely and pissed off than getting lost in a book?! 1) For when you’re feeling lost: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho This beautiful short book is a perfect read for when you feel you’ve lost your way. The narrative follows a shepherd through the desert as he…
Still Searching for Prince Charming 