OK, so. Five months after getting married, I still haven’t come to the name-changing decision. Honestly, I thought I would have decided by now, and it’s not because I’m ambivalent, it’s just that I find I have the best view while sitting on the fence. The things that are bothering me the most about this are two-fold. … Continue reading »
You say potato, I say tomato
The very first time I went to The Mister’s flat in Kalgoorlie, he had clearly prepared. This Carrington Street townhouse, although beige and a little bit ‘breaky-in-y’, was so neat it was like I was giving his joint a rent inspection. Nothing was out of place. Nothing. I thought it was really sweet of him … Continue reading »
Repondez s’il vous plait…. ummm, nah!
So OK, Exactly what is our problem with RSVPing? How is it that it’s never been easier to contact someone, yet we still struggle with the stragglers to let us know if we’re going to expect them or not? History lesson: The term RSVP comes from the French phrase repondez s’il vous plait or please respond. … Continue reading »
Welcome to Splitsville. Population: her
I’ll never forget getting that text message. It was about 11pm and my Nokia 3610 flashed up with some green backlit chunky black text – one of my best friends, that I had known since our first day of high school in 1991, had just been proposed to. I squealed a little bit as I … Continue reading »
Be very quiet, I’m hunting houses
There was a time where I had a funny way of making my own fun. When I say ‘there was a time’, I mean recently, and when I say ‘a funny way’, I mean extremely odd. I was living in Kalgoorlie and wasn’t exactly making a fortune working in radio. Let me rephrase; I was … Continue reading »
Secrets, privacy and Facebook passwords
So, OK. It doesn’t matter whether you’re married for fifty years or hooked up last night, but unless you’ve never had a partner and plan to carry on that way for the rest of your life, chances are you’re going to have to share stuff. Even if it’s just a bed. Amirite? Wink wink… The … Continue reading »
Let them eat (old, frozen) cake
So, OK We have very little bench space in the kitchen. This piece of domestic prime real estate is taken up by some oft-used stuff, but also stuff that we don’t quite have a home for yet – and these things get shuffled from one end of the bench to the other in an effort … Continue reading »
That’s not a unicorn, that’s a Trojan Horse
So, OK You know those nights, the ones where you wake up and think – god I had a good night! For me that’s usually a Friday night. As far as the eye can see… it’s all weekend. Every idea that’s tossed around is an absolute possibility, and the TGIF-flavoured spontaneity of a-changing plans keeps the … Continue reading »
Having the life ‘Zucked’ from my marriage
So, OK, It was 2007. When it started, it was just a bit of fun. The flirtation turned to affection, then a co-dependence. Then obsession. Not quite a bunny on the boil, but the snappage point had no more slack to give. It wasn’t always like this. I mean, I remember what life was like … Continue reading »
Give me the single life
So, OK. The other day I got a bit ‘weird’. The thing is, OK, confession, I have some pretty gnarly depression and, if left untreated for even 24 hours, It’s like I’m made of glass. It brought about a thought that I wouldn’t normally entertain. For those that live with depression, thinking the worst isn’t … Continue reading »
