relationships

  • Two Weeks On: Sex, Toys, and Heartbeats

    Two Weeks On: Sex, Toys, and Heartbeats

    Two weeks after my heart attack, I’m learning that curiosity beats fear — even when it…

  • What Are We To Each Other?

    What Are We To Each Other?

    On the second day of my long break I woke up gently, wandered downstairs and made…

  • The Day Before He Leaves

    The Day Before He Leaves

    It’s the day before he moves out forever. Everyday I am waking up with a headache.…

  • SingStar sadness

    SingStar sadness

    I thought we’d start watching “The Great British Sewing Bee” tonight, but the husband said “What’s…

  • Seventeen years

    Seventeen years

    Seventeen years ago today we had our civil partnership, which,  thanks to a trick in the…

  • A song to free love

    A song to free love

    I learnt this as a child in church. Back then it felt like a sweet song…

  • Love, Reframed

    Love, Reframed

    Things are calm again. I think that we are slowly accepting that our marriage is, and…

  • Too Much to Carry

    Too Much to Carry

    Things have been difficult at home. The last time my husband tried to talk to me…

  • Am I a Monster?

    Am I a Monster?

    Another ruined night’s sleep. Waking at stupid o’clock by the continuation of the migraine that had…

  • A eunuch weekend – Epilogue

    A eunuch weekend – Epilogue

    The two days that I was with Cicero, I had one headache, which was easily dispatched…

  • Sign Here, Cry Later

    Sign Here, Cry Later

    We had an appointment with the solicitor today. We needed “true and accurate” copies of our…

  • I Tried to Listen. I Got Steamrolled.

    I Tried to Listen. I Got Steamrolled.

    The husband (or ex – I don’t know – read on) has been very anxious these…

  • The Ways He Loved Me

    The Ways He Loved Me

    It is too late for any of this to make any difference, but my husband had…

  • Gobsmacked and Hangin’ On

    Gobsmacked and Hangin’ On

    I heard from the solicitors today: whatever was blocking them appears to have been removed. I…

  • Planning a wee eunuch weekend

    Planning a wee eunuch weekend

    In a fortnight, I’m seeing a friend — Cicero — in London. They’ve asked me to…