relationships

  • Frustrations, wallpaper, and quiet relief

    Frustrations, wallpaper, and quiet relief

    Yesterday, I’d hoped for a least a cuddle. I didn’t hope for much more than that,…

  • A race revisited

    A race revisited

    When I ran my first half marathon twenty years ago, a friend of mine (whom I…

  • Running Through Memory and Loss

    Running Through Memory and Loss

    The best Christmases All of the Christmases of the childhood are remembered through a shimmering golden…

  • Oh Christmas tree!

    Oh Christmas tree!

    We were overdue a “conversation” thanks to my feeling ill this last week or so and…

  • Apology to my husband

    Talking to Richard (my counsellor) about my husband wanting an acknowledgement that my castration, the dark…

  • Looking for positives with my counsellor

    Migraines I started with migraines, and ended with migraines! To keep things simple, I’ll just talk…

  • Conversations we can’t finish

    Conversations we can’t finish

    Recognising the impact I started by checking out what my husband felt he needed in terms…

  • What is meant by “enough”?

    What is meant by “enough”?

    I don’t know what happened; we had planned to go to the pictures to see Gladiator…

  • Counselling: overdoses, joint therapy, and sex

    Overdose I shared that I’d taken an overdose a year ago in an attempt to kill…

  • Picking up from the bar meal

    Picking up from the bar meal

    Sex talk Getting into the right headspace After work, I had a couple of gummies, had…

  • Remembering November 2023

    Remembering November 2023

    I’ve been re-reading my first blog entries from November last year (Nov 2023 – Eunuchorn). I…

  • Continuing the discussion

    Continuing the discussion

    Last night, my husband and I picked up where we’d left off on Sunday, which itself…

  • Pedestals

    Pedestals

    When we first met, I worshiped the man who was to become my husband. He is…

  • Reflecting on the bad meal

    Counselling It’s usual in counselling to recap anything significant that’s happened in the period since the…

  • A bad meal

    A bad meal

    Last night I suggested that we go out for a meal. I’d planned to go whether…