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…
Tag: relationship
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…
My Love Affair with Pubic Hair
I’ve been thinking about pubic hair a lot recently. Whilst I was single, I endeavoured to keep everything in my pants waxed or Immaced – you know, just in case. (Male friends have said they “keep on top of trimming” when they’re single because they also never know when they’re going to get lucky and…
A Different Kind of Valentine’s Day
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 too fast. Finding a really lovely man has meant I’ve…
You Find Love 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 hurriedly filling up with petrol in the pouring rain in Converse trainers….
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, or flirt with, a boy…
History Repeats Itself
There was an instant attraction between the first guy and me. It happened once, then it happened again, and again and again. Love developed (at least on my side). Sadly, this man had someone else. Of course, she’s a sexy Spaniard – he is a marvellous Mancunian. An attraction based on friendship, fuelled by alcohol…
Still Searching for Prince Charming 