Category: Divorce
Divorce; walking back to happiness
8. Give your kids and your pets stupid names, so-much-so, that your partner is too embarrassed to ask for them in court.
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Electricity; the cost of cold.
Choosing the thermostat temperature is one of the (many) benefits of divorce…..
Read MoreNo Brainer
I sit bolt upright in bed at 2am. My subconscious has processed what the Dr was saying, 5 hours ago in A&E. Sami’s concussion from his bike accident is passing, he can leave in an hour or two, but there’s something...
Read MoreHurley Comes Clean
Liz Hurley issued an unequivocal apology in a statement from her press office today. It read: “I want to apologise to Mrs Hilary Clinton and to the American people. The rumours circulating about myself and former President,...
Read MoreThe Doyenne of Divorce
Michelle Young, (let’s call her ‘Shelle) wasn’t expecting a divorce, nor was she expecting her husband to claim bankruptcy. An unfortunate coincidence? That’s not how she saw it. He ran, she chased, cleaver in hand. And...
Read MoreStranger Danger
The kids got “Stranger Danger” education at school this week. Making sure no one gets into a car with a stranger, or worse still, accepts any sweets. We discuss this type of thing quite frequently at home. This is in part,...
Read MoreReputation…………
I’ve forgiven you, Mr Ex, for your abandonment. It’s ok, you went and we are both happier that way. I’ve forgiven you for not caring when I was pregnant with your third child. Others were there with support and real love. I’ve...
Read More“If we took a holiday, just one day out of time, it would be, it would be so fine.” (It’s just the other 69 days of school holidays that are the problem)
I live in a rural community, a small village with no street lights. It’s surrounded by fields which are sowed and ploughed each year, by one of the three farmers who own all the land as far as the eye can see. We watch the...
Read MoreXmas: it’s a wrap
Earth Mother flew off to Bali this Xmas, so for the first time in years, I realised it was me cooking the big lunch. I did a Sainsburys run on the 20th and bought the frozen veggie stuff I can’t get elsewhere. Upon entering, I...
Read MoreThe Other Woman
I’m sitting in the hairdressers reading a Tatler article on how some posh skinny woman found “The One”. He isn’t her boyfriend or husband, but her hairdresser, and according to her, every woman must change...
Read MoreThose Endless Days
I am having one of those days. One of those days when you are just happy to be alive, and grateful for everything in this life. A day when the universe said “I’m looking after you honey”. The sun is shining, warm on my...
Read MoreResentments
He walks away. My children hand in hand with him, my baby in my sling but now wrapped around his waist. Not even a “bye”, I sit in the now empty car, the invisible woman. Anger rises inside me, my mind races, hurting itself with...
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