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‘My husband didn’t cry at either of our kids’ births,’ Sophie, one of the wedding guests, told me as we watched other guests on the dancefloor. ‘But he cried today.’ All the guys sitting at the same table as me … Read more →

I particularly enjoyed my male friends’ Facebook posts in celebration of International Women’s Day, which included, ‘Always preferred women to men, to be honest… Happy International Women’s Day to all the women who brighten up my world,’ Orlando Hamilton; … Read more →

Catching up with relatives as an adult can be quite revelatory, particularly after a drink or two. There’s the uncle who admitted he travelled to meet a Russian, whose English was minimal, whom he’d met online during a decade-long period … Read more →

‘Do you fancy going shopping with me in the RLD this weekend?’ I asked Jess.
‘Oh yes, I need a new vibrator. Mine packed up on me last week. I was quite cross – it gave up on me without … Read more →

There must have been more to the tragic story of 29-year-old Lisa Gow, who killed herself because she didn’t want to turn 30 without a husband and children. However, the pressures on young women to establish a career, buy a … Read more →

‘Bad manners are really just a passive-aggressive form of bullying,’ Sharleen Spiteri, lead singer of Texas, recently said in an interview with The Sunday Times. I thought it rather apt, having recently been the recipient of bad manners (and … Read more →

‘How is it going with Mr S&M*?,’ my mum wanted to know, referring to Eric. Eric had just returned from a holiday. Before he left he said he’d send me some photos while he was away. The first was a … Read more →

Kate has seven bridesmaids (the eighth will be too far into her pregnancy to travel) but doesn’t have a maid of honour. This is not because she is one mean bridezilla, reveling in the fact that our phones are bleeping … Read more →

‘Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success,’ as Henry Ford once said. Long-term relationships are both rewarding and bloody hard work. It’s not just the daily pressures of busy schedules, kids and/or finances, but … Read more →

Following my January tradition of drinking more (to start the year productively), my first week included two dates and an evening of whisky tasting with a gun-toting, bling-wearing, tattooed professional power lifter and his friend from Texas.

The first date, … Read more →