Why Can’t Men.. and other questions
As I approach my two year anniversary as a blogger and wonder what I should do with my column which has been on a hiatus for a few weeks, it made sense to do what I like doing best which is take the piss. In two years of blogging about men, women and relationships, I [...]
Early Is As Early Does
I found myself having to give some advice to a seventeen year old girl recently regarding acceptable behaviour from a guy that she’s dating. I felt awful for her as I read about him sending belittling text messages which dressed her down and attacked her character and self esteem. They’ve been together all of a [...]
Great Sex Does Not Equal Love
Often when I speak to women who are unsure about the status of the relationship or appear to be madly in love but with plenty of drama, it transpires that what makes them think that they have a bigger connection than they actually have, is that the object of their affection is the best they’ve [...]
Don’t Be a Dropper, Hold On to the Happiness Ball
I am quietly thrilled at how my life has changed since getting together with the guy in my life (otherwise known as the boyfriend), but naturally I’ve had a few moments of insecurity, and I’ve become aware that when it comes to new relationships, the person who poses the biggest threat, the biggest problems, is [...]
Even Sonia Jackson’s Got a Man
There is a character called Sonia Jackson in the great British institution, Eastenders. She’s not what you would consider to be beautiful, in fact many, especially our cruel British press consider her to be a plain Jane, but in the show, despite barely being into her early 20s, she has managed to be engaged to [...]
Crossing The Divide: Heading From Single to Attached
For the first time in almost three years, I am acquiring the status of girlfriend and it’s happened rather quickly with a guy who is available, unambiguous and not my ‘type’. During my extended period of singledom, I have dated and been in ‘relationships’ that were really total shambles and considered a relationship based on [...]
The Secret Test
Despite keeping a blog and running this site, there are still some thoughts and ideas in my heads that I haven’t shared with oodles of strangers! For years I have had this secret insecurity about men displaying their overt sexual desire for me, and what that means for me in terms of building a relationship [...]
Toxic Type
Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of single people uttering the word ‘type’ in conversations that are either used to justify why they keep going with a certain type of guy or to justify why they won’t stray away from type and try something different. Everyone has a type – some of us prefer blondes, [...]
Other People’s Standards
Hi, I’m NML, I’m twenty-eight years old and I’m five months away from being twenty-nine, which puts me about seventeen months away from the big three o. I have been a silly woman at times because I have gone out with some right dickheads in my time, but I’m getting older and wiser which means [...]
When Choice is a Killer
I’ve had some lovely quality time to myself for almost a week which has meant that I have got to watch more daytime crap than I have in a long time. Jeremy Kyle, Ricky Lake, This Morning, Oprah, Montell and Judge Judy have all had a bit of my time over the past few days [...]
