The occasional bout of flu is good for you. There are people who’d pay good money to spend two days in bed getting sweaty and delirious. I’ll wager that there are Tibetan monks who strip and run naked in the snow, hoping to bring on an extended bout of groggy self examination. Anyway, I’ve been […]
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An old – and I mean positively ancient – friend of mine just lost his wife after 45 years.  They’d worked and lived together 24/7 and her sudden death came as an agonizing blow. When I spoke to him immediately after it happened, the first thing he did was to come on to me.  We’d […]
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(but I sure don’t want your help.) I’ve been pondering the subject recently about dating boys who earn less than you. I guess that, as a woman, if you’re dating a younger man, the likelihood is that with more years behind you, that you’re going to earn more than him, especially if the chap in […]
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What makes an alias so much fun it’s not worth revealing at any cost? Ask Batman. Or Superman. Or failing that, ask me… although you’ll get no PhD revelation here – for a start I haven’t got a PhD… Anyway. Let’s first clear up some confusion. I don’t hang around with Brazilian dancing girls (sadly). […]
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Are you single, looking for love and/or friendship? Are you on the alternative dating scene or thinking about it? If you are interested in taking part in a new niche dating series for the BBC, contact us to find out more. This is not a dating show – it’s a documentary about specialist dating, about […]
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Following on from my blog last week about Sam Taylor Wood, 42, and Aaron Johnson, 19 who have announced they are to be married, I think we will probably be seeing more and more marriages where the woman is significantly older. It’s no longer just a celebrity thing, it’s now going mainstream according to Parship, […]
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A while ago, when I said I was feeling stronger, I promised I would write about my Dad.   Well, its been 6 months and I am feeling stronger.  Grief is a funny thing.  It strips you back.   You walk around without skin for a while.   Air hurts.   You want to walk […]
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Celebrity dating quickly becomes everyone’s business, even more-so when there’s the opportunity to brand an older woman a ‘cougar’. Is the absence of the ‘c’ word in this latest celebrity offering proof that people are becoming more tolerant of older woman younger man relationships? Let’s see… It’s been reported recently in the Evening Standard that […]
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BBC THREE are searching for the Mums of today who are younger, hipper, more attractive and more independent than ever before! Do you and your daughter share clothes? Do people often mistake you for sisters? Or, are people amazed to discover your real age? If this sounds like you or your daughter and you would […]
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