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This Week: Goodbyes, Teen Mums and Cats

May 19, 2013 in Featured, Food & Recipes, Friendship, Lifestyle

It’s been a big week for me, hence this post being a day later than it normally is. It was my last day in my current job and I was sad to leave. Oddly, for most people I guess, I wasn’t as sad to leave the people as I was to leave the campus. That might sound weight but hear me out – in the Faculty I left everyone works across 2 campuses, and as I’m moving to the other one I’m likely to see everybody again. Probably quite regularly. Some people even more than I used to. But I [...]

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An Atheist, a Christian and a Marriage

May 7, 2013 in Dating, Friendship, Lifestyle, Marriage, People, Relationships, Religion, Self

I go to church sometimes. Voluntarily. And I don’t mind (much). But I’m not a signed-up member of any religion, and I don’t plan on joining. When I met my husband, Jelly, three and a half years ago, I hardly knew anyone my age who was serious about religion. Other than the compulsory Christianity most of us get in Anglo Australia (weddings, funerals, scripture classes), my childhood had been pretty secular. My attitude was that church was all a bit silly and anachronistic. Where I did have a Christian friend I avoided discussing it or whispered about it (‘they’re churchy, [...]

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Dumped! End Game

April 17, 2013 in Dating, Fiction, Friendship, Humour, Marriage, Wedding

It was a few hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve, and Blake and Carla were sitting together on the floor of Blake’s apartment  Blake looked for all the world like one of the homeless people he had given Carla’s clothes to. Carla held a hanky to her nose, trying not to gag. “Give up?” asked Blake? “No. – But, my God Blake, you really stink!!” They both laughed. “You know,” said Carla, “I’ve tried and tried to think of something really bad to get you to dump me, and I just can’t think of anything anymore. It’s like I don’t want you to dump [...]

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Dumped! The 12 Days Of Christmas

April 10, 2013 in Dating, Friendship

The weekend before Christmas, Carla moved in with Blake. His place was slightly bigger, and she thought it would be easier to win the Game by being thrown out of Blake’s place, not the other way around. If Blake realised this, he didn’t show it. He had his own strategy. He stopped shaving, he stopped bathing, and he stopped changing his clothes. He went for long runs in the warm December afternoons, and he ate anything with garlic in it. Carla fought back by being as messy as possible in Blake’s normally pristine apartment. The bathroom became filled with half-used cosmetics, [...]

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I Want Your Approval

April 9, 2013 in Dating, Family, Friendship, Lifestyle, People, Relationships, Self

Is there someone in your life you always go to get advice from? Does this person’s opinion matter to you? Has it gotten to the point that their approval of whatever you are doing is required before you do it? I would love to be able to say that I’m not like that. Well actually for the most part I’m not. There isn’t one person that I just need to have their advice on something. I tend to ask a few people and then go from there. And as far as approval goes, I really couldn’t care less. I’ve finally taught [...]

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I’m Not Unpopular. I’m Inpopular!

April 4, 2013 in Friendship, People, Relationships, Self, Society

All my life, I’ve suffered from being inpopular… no, that’s not a typo… I didn’t mean unpopular… I meant inpopular. What is inpopular? Well, think of the difference between being famous or infamous… or the difference between visible or invisible even. Or flammable or inflammable. What is the difference between flammable or inflammable anyway? I seem to have gone off topic for a moment… So, back to inpopular. It’s a word I’ve made up for people like me who are generally well-liked, but never seem to be able to cross the popularity event-horizon. What is the popularity event-horizon? It’s an invisible line in the sand [...]

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Dumped! In The Alley

April 3, 2013 in Dating, Friendship, Sex

“Russ! Wait up. Are you OK?” cried Holly, rushing after Russell into the alley behind the bar. “Yeah, I guess so,” said Russell, turning to face Holly and shrugging. “You really gave it to them,” she said, smiling proudly. “Fat lot of good it did me.” “Does that matter?” “I don’t know.” Russell shrugged again, shaking his head. “You were right though.” “It doesn’t change the fact that I’m alone.” “You’re not alone. You’ve still got me.” “No I don’t. Not the way I want.” “But isn’t this enough?” “No.” “Well, poor old Russell,” said Holly, standing with her hand [...]

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Dumped! The Tally

March 27, 2013 in Friendship, Humour, People, Relationships

Once again the four friends found themselves in a sleazy bar, late at night, drunk, but not comatose. “Twins,” said Blake, mournfully. “Sucker!” teased Holly. “Fuck off.” “Do they really count as two dumps?” Carla asked yet again. “Yep. As I’ve explained before,” said Russell, “what if only one of the twins had dumped him? That would have still counted as one dump. Both together counts as two.” “I guess you’re right. Well, Blake – congratulations.” Carla kissed Blake on the cheek. “Not so fast!” said Holly, raising a finger in the air. “Oh no. What have you been up to?” asked Blake. “You [...]

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Dumped! The Twins

March 20, 2013 in Dating, Fiction, Friendship, Humour

On his first day of school Blake sat down next to a friendly looking boy. “Hi, my name’s Blake.” “I’m Russell.” “Let’s be friends.” From that one simple conversation a friendship was created. As they grew up together, they also grew apart – not away from each other – just different to each other. Blake was confident and outgoing, whereas Russell was shy and inward-looking. And yet, despite these differences, they remained friends. Russell wasn’t necessarily Blake’s best friend, or even his favourite friend, but he was always there. For Blake, Russell was the silent observer. He was the person [...]

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Then The Bill Came… And It Stopped Being Fun

March 18, 2013 in Anecdotes, Dating, Friendship

This piece was supposed to be just about fun. Not artificially engineered creative workplace thinking or playing tetris on your iPhone while on the train type of fun, but the play-like fun you had as a child. The fun that’s made by your own imagination, wearing you out til you’re dog tired and giving your stomach muscles a workout by laughing so hard. But now it’s about fun, playdough, dinner and halving the bill, or not. Because nothing says unfun like a calculator app at the dinner table. When I was little, the best kind of fun I had was when [...]

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