Went to dinner last night at a friend’s house, out here in medium plafond suburbia. Now, ya’ll have to understand, these were originally Mr. Magnolia’s friends.  The social circle I married into, not chose for myself.  And they are lovely people (please do not get me wrong here at all, I genuinely care about them […]
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My boyfriends have always been younger than me……..a lot younger, and the present incarnation is 24 years younger than me. This makes him the same age as my eldest son, younger than my daughter’s boyfriend and a cool playmate for my 14 year old!       I never meant it to happen this way, but the […]
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We all have mothers; some or us are mothers, some of us mother others (or pets) and some of us prefer not to cultivate the maternal in us. I am about to become one. And yes, I am rather scared all of a sudden – even though it’s a bit late to back out now. […]
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I wonder what you’ll think about this. And I wonder what you’d have done in my position… As a recruiter I interview all the time. It’s my job. But having been given a position of responsibility in the consultancy I work for (well I’d like to think I’ve earned it), team management comes into play […]
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Women’s English Yes  = No No = Yes Maybe = No We need = I want I am sorry = You’ll be sorry We need to talk = you’re in trouble Sure, go ahead = you better not Do what you want = you’ll pay for this later I am not upset = of course […]
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There it was in the window of my favourite dress shop on the High Road.  And it was on sale, big time sale.  As in down from £370.00 to £150.00.   It was rather striking black silk flower pattern mini sundress dress by Marc Jacobs.  Would look stunning with some edgy Jesus sandals.  Heels with […]
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We all love a bad boy……..some women more than others but I seem to have managed to hone my talent of turning Tigers into Pussycats into a veritable Art Form.  By accident of course, and this faculty does have its down sides but we’ll get to that in a moment.       Let’s start with the […]
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I’m giving this writing lark a go, hopefully it will allow me to express my views, thoughts and disperse the mist that is clogging this site and my mind. It appears many have become disenchanted with the whole TBW Lifestyle.  I for one am not.  I still embrace it for it’s positive aspects, laugh-a-minute forums […]
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The other day one of my work colleagues said (genuinely), “There’s a call on line one for you. It’s the police I think.” Turns out it was PC World…   Ah wordplay. That’s like sex with letters. But ever have the feeling nobody’s quite getting you? Online I mean. Well look, I’m sure a few […]
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I’ve just finished dating my dad. R and I met in Putney. Our first date was good and we got on well – he was interesting, engaged and keen. God, he was keen, he kept trying to snog my face off in public – cute if he’s 14 and on a park bench after school, […]
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