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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Madonna: sexual and proud It was on a racy magazine shoot that Madonna met Jesus Luz, 22. Their brief fling appalled many. Get over it, says India Knight, women over 50 have sex too. I conducted an unofficial survey about Madonna on Twitter the other day. She was still dating the 22-year-old model Jesus Luz […]
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This is a true experience but not a TBW experience I hasten to add and the only disastrous experience of internet dating I have encountered Quiet Saturday night, nothing on TV; so, Faithless CD, gin and tonic and laptop all in place I sign  into the internet dating site.   Soon after signing in I receive an e-mail, ‘What’s […]
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Something happens to a woman around the age of forty….. If she’s very lucky, she re-connects with herself. And never mind mid life crisis, a phrase coined by those nervous about what is really happening, we are talking renaissance!!  My dictionary only lists the noun Renaissance man, well move over, Renaissance woman has just entered […]
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It started off all wrong. I knew it when I spent fifteen minutes trying to find my mascara among my sons’ toys and I ended up in a frantic, James Bond style drive, to try to get there on time. Whose idea was this, a blind date? And a real blind one, I mean, as […]
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And so with direction comes peace of mind, of sorts. Suddenly I’ve a hunch where this is all going, what the last six years have been about, and maybe even “what dreams may come”. But how will I know when I’ve found it? Well it’s not just about thunderbolts, it’s the little things too… Look […]
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Julia, Trish and Essie from TBW have started their own blog Sussed and Sassy The idea is to take the forum discussions to a wider audience and so that women all over the place can have a voice about what matters to them. It’s meant to be fun, lively, inspiring and sometimes serious. We invite […]
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