Always Coming Second
March 2016 and the early days of a new partnership. We’re talking around the headlines of each other’s lives; comfortable enough to talk about the bigger picture but not yet talking about the finer...
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Invisibility
“So I just told them how it all works. I didn’t want to keep it secret because I am really proud of how my relationships work.” Me to Exhibit A, a few weeks back. I have become friendly with a group of...
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A Love of Photography
“The show’s aim ultimately is to look at the couple as a catalyst for creative dialogue. What Modern Couples seems to suggest is that if love was the catalyst, it was often the photographer’s darkroom...
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Language Matters
“She had a shotgun wedding.” “She’s living in sin.” “She’s just his bit on the side.” One late September Saturday in 1983 around 100 of my grandparents’ friends and family gathered for a 50th wedding...
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Sometimes coming joint second
The last few months haven’t been easy. I have spent it getting over an ex. And it’s not even my own ex, it’s a partner’s ex. In fact, getting over this has proved more problematic than getting over...
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Friendly Concern
Last week I was having dinner with three other women. Not close friends but a group of ex colleagues who I meet up with once every 12 – 18 months. The conversation takes the usual twists and turns of...
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Always in Character
“I am not an angel,” I asserted; “and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.” Jane Eyre I am many good things: I am fun and funny, I am generous and kind, I am thoughtful and loyal. I can also...
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