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Tips to look after your husband
I have a confession to make – I probably could have avoided separating from my ex. There you go, I’ve said it. There was more I could have done, there was more effort I could have made to keep our...
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Does it matter that I haven’t found the one ?
I have wonderful people in my life; does it matter that I haven’t found The One ? It happens all the time. By the time we reach our thirties our group of school friends, or university mates is...
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On compliance and control in a relationship.
This post has been really difficult to write. Not just because reflecting back on my relationship stirs up a whole series of emotions: anger; bitterness; frustration; upset and now relief, but...
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Happiness levels increase after divorce – FACT!
This evening I stumbled across a piece of research conducted by Kingston University which found that happiness levels increase after divorce. Over the course of two decades, researchers regularly...
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We met when we were almost young
I heard a lot of Leonard Cohen’s music as I was growing up. He was one of my mother’s favourites: my father always said Leonard Cohen’s music was music to slit your wrists to, but my mother listened...
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“Surely you want to grow old with someone”
“ Surely you want to grow old with someone ” he said. “I do” I replied, “but I have a whole lifetime ahead of me to grow old.” I had another disastrous date the other night. Well perhaps it wasn’t...
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Marry a man who loves his mother
I have learned quite a lot about the relationship between a mother and her son. I have also learned quite a lot about the impact the relationship between a mother and her son has on the son’s...
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Advice for my friends who are divorcing
My friends are starting to get divorced. This week, one of my university friends contacted me to say that she and her husband are getting a divorce. They have a two year old daughter. We haven’t...
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How to fall back in love with your partner
If your relationship has drifted apart, or if you want to know how to fall back in love with your partner, then you might want to try asking the 36 questions in love. Everywhere I went on Valentine’s...
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Is it wrong to celebrate divorce?
I was a little embarrassed as I explained to the waitress that I had broken off my engagement and was now celebrating the two year anniversary of what was probably the best decision of my life. My...
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Tips to look after your husband
I have a confession to make – I probably could have avoided separating from my ex. There you go, I’ve said it. There was more I could have done, there was more effort I could have made to keep our...
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Does it matter that I haven’t found the one ?
I have wonderful people in my life; does it matter that I haven’t found The One ? It happens all the time. By the time we reach our thirties our group of school friends, or university mates is...
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Share these questions with a mother, a sister, a friend
I have been reading a lot about domestic abuse, coercive control and controlling behaviour recently. The reasons for my research will become clearer to you in due course, but at this stage, I am...
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