It’s Sunday morning and I’m sitting in my bedroom in Spain, looking out over the calm blue Mediterranean and giggling. No one is tickling me – no dog or cat, grandchild or lover – though my friend, Rich-ard is asleep in the other room. He is, sadly, neither Rich nor ‘ard – but a good […]
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Those of you who have read a few of my articles will know that I managed to spend four months of last year writing on a Caribbean Island, Barbados to be precise.  My 14 year old son is very scathing about it……… ’Mum how come your job lets you lie on a beach all day?’…….. […]
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I shouldn’t be here… Where, you ask. Here. Exactly where I didn’t want that pesky little BD Conscience Devil of mine to lead me. But he did; my flesh, it appears, still remains weak where lustrous hair, captivating eyes and compelling conversation are involved. I’ve relapsed. I’m the smoker who after a six month break […]
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A growing number of older women are dating younger men – but what’s in it for the “toy boys”? Doug Hendrie tracks down four men who have nothing but praise for “cougar” women. Mitchell Burns always thought Lucie Puk was cute. He worked with her in the bookshop at Melbourne’s Monash University for more than […]
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For those of you ferociously dating, mastering conflicts needn’t be an issue. As soon as the first sign of strife looms you can just turn your pretty/handsome shoulder, pop open your notebook, scroll down the yummy photos and wink at the next eager to please suitor. But for those of us bound and chained to […]
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It struck me recently, reading one of the news items on TBW that a lot of the problems in relationships of any kind, are expectations.  That question which habitually creeps up on the messages on the site, you know the one. …..What are you looking for? I thought I knew what it was I WANTED………after […]
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Blind dates, eh?  I’ve had a spate of them recently – totally blind, in fact, as I never actually got to see any of the guys I’d arranged to meet!   The first was the darling 20-something, effusive in his admiration, showering me with compliments, begging for an hour of my time, a minute, a […]
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It’s a Thursday night and I just printed a map of how to get from the airport to the hotel where I’m going for the bank holiday weekend.   And yes, ya’ll The Man is going with me.  It will be our second weekend away and I STILL cannot figure out what is wrong with […]
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BBC 3 & Talkback Thames, the hit makers of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, ‘X-Factor’ & ‘The Apprentice’ are making a documentary about Britain’s most embarrassing parents. They’re looking for the most non traditional parents in the UK who are dying to tell their story. Maybe you’re recently divorced and have found a new lease of life? […]
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So there I am flying this plane… Yep, you heard right. Flying! I mean once upon a time I used BD to merely improve my golf swing, and then get me promoted. So on that front I remain convinced there’s no limit on what he can get me to do if I really what to […]
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