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Happiness
Our search to understand what makes humans happy (or happier) goes back centuries. As does our enduring belief that if we just do the right thing, happiness will follow — that additional happiness will be doled out to us because we earned it, not due to the largess of a benevolent being. “Happiness is not […]
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I'd rather be drinking gin & tonic
On Monday morning I didn’t worry too much when I couldn’t find the new pot of Clarins face cream. I knew I’d bought it, you don’t forget spending over £60 on something that you hope will do what it says and replenish age weakened skin! I used an alternative and could almost hear my skin […]
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According to the most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics, the married population in the UK is expected to drop to just 41 per cent in 20 years, compared with 49 per cent now. The average groom in Britain is for the first time now the same age as his bride. In the 1960s, […]
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Dancing girl
“I can’t quite claim to be a true Boomer (The term Alpha Boomer was recently coined in the US to describe 55- to 64-year-olds, currently the fastest-growing demographic in that nation.) I was born in 1967 – says Laura Tennant in a recent article in the Independent, but with 50 edging ever closer, I’m fascinated […]
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choosing baby names
OK, so normally names don’t matter too much to me when it comes to dating people, or even people in general, but every so often one comes across someone whose name is exceptionally beautiful (or on the rare occasion, not very beautiful at all), and as I had such an encounter fairly recently, it got […]
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Prince William and Princess Kate
Although we here at TBW HQ aren’t having a street party in commemoration of the tomorrow’s royal nuptials, we felt we would be remiss if One didn’t mention it and wish the happy couple well. Diana was a mere twenty years old when she married Prince Charles, while Kate is twenty-nine. If anything, it’s a […]
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Mac keyboard
I’m in love… with an older woman and I want to impress my lady and I want to make her forget about age – how?” “Being in a cougar relationship with a younger man, this is what worked for me… He was very mature for his age he was level headed,and could carry on a […]
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Bastian Dash
For all the I say about us chaps being given a break as we head into those years post the supposed toyboy age bracket most of you gals stipulate we should occupy, there are indeed some that do no favours to the cause. I recently met three at a party … Let me first however […]
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Wendy Salisbury
Holiday romances are a terrible cliché and should not be taken seriously at any cost but I’ve just come back from a Nile cruise followed by 3 nights in Cairo and guess what? I fell in love.   Having steeled myself never to allow another man anywhere near my heart ever again (my body is […]
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glowing
Seriously, no matches, not one… That’s what happened when I searched one of the more typical dating sites. Yes, I know, curiosity kills. It was an experiment, it’s important to know all your options before making a decision! Well, now I know.   The thing is I don’t think what I am looking for is […]
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