relationships
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I Tried to Listen. I Got Steamrolled.
The husband (or ex – I don’t know – read on) has been very anxious these…
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The Ways He Loved Me
It is too late for any of this to make any difference, but my husband had…
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Gobsmacked and Hangin’ On
I heard from the solicitors today: whatever was blocking them appears to have been removed. I…
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Love, lies, and GB News
I love my baby brother (he’s 45), and I love my gorgeous nephews! I had a…
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Planning a wee eunuch weekend
In a fortnight, I’m seeing a friend — Cicero — in London. They’ve asked me to…
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An empty wardrobe
After a half-hearted run, which I gave up on after about 5k, decided to do a…
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Still love, still leaving
I’d been out all afternoon and there was no sign of my husband when I got…
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A phoney peace
The atmosphere at home is … I don’t know how you describe it. When my husband…
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Anthropomorphise at Your Peril: Introducing Galateos
You wanted beauty. You wanted understanding. You wanted someone who would listen without interrupting, judge without…
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The Shit Life Does Not Offset
In the many years that we have been married, I have: All because I felt physically…
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The silence between us
The silence between us feels like a physical manifestation. An actual wall of no-speak. On the…
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Shit is getting real
“We won’t be having any more sessions,” was the last thing my husband said to out…
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Seeing what isn’t there
I was visiting my friend, Tacitus, yesterday. He and his husband are working on some fascinating…
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His Absence Is an Ache I Carry With Me
This is a bit of a whinge… I like to explore, to go places, I love…
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How Long Is Too Long to Know What You Feel?
I was talking with a friend about this episode. His view was that emotional questions like…
