Background: I was 13, and on the way home from the fair, I met a boy. The best day of my life!! Today was the fair. We saw [some 6th formers that my friends and I fancied] outside the Crown. I went with Becky and Louise. I couldn’t believe what happened on the way home though!…
I’m really excited about a new idea I’ve had for my blog. I recently found a box with all my old diaries in from when I was a teenager. Then I remembered that in my sent items, I also have loads of long emails to friends, from the last 10 years, in which I describe…
Last weekend I had my second date with the Musical Vegan. We had a good first date, but I had concerns about the fact he was moving away from London soon he was a vegan, and I’m a coeliac, so there’s very little we can both eat. I had suggested he come round to mine to…
A couple of days ago, I saw the Great Scot had posted on Facebook, for the first time in over a year. He had shared a post about the lead singer of the band Frightened Rabbit, who was missing. Fuck. I thought. I googled Frightened Rabbit, a Scottish band I quite like, and the Great…
I had a really good first date the other day, but I think there might be two logistical problems that stop anything getting off the ground. We met on OkCupid, and had been messaging each other for a few weeks before our date, because he’d been away visiting his family for Easter. I really liked…
I’m on holiday in Bucharest, in Romania, with 14 people. It’s Flatmate Joe’s 30th birthday. I absolutely love Bucharest. I love going to different European cities, and this one is fabulous, and it’s so great spending time with Joe again. I feel really happy. I’ve been thinking about happiness a lot recently, especially since I…
A few months ago, when I was struggling to get over the Whippersnapper, I downloaded a self-help app called Mend. It’s designed to help people get over breakups. As a therapist, I half-expected I’d pour scorn over it and focus on how I could have designed it better, but actually, it was bloody good. One…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how I was pining for the Great Scot. I was going to try and use imagery to resolve my head-heart divide. It’s worked an absolute treat. I started feeling better within just a couple of days. And then, I started remembering things I had forgotten, from when we…
Easter weekend was not a good weekend for sex. I had a second date which was scuppered by my period coming early, and Abrasive Uber sent me a text that kind of ended things. The date was with a guy who I haven’t mentioned yet. We went on our first date the week before. I…
Just a quick post to say I still have no internet (Virgin Media will getting a very strongly worded email from me!). So I’ve written less, and been less able to read other people’s posts! Obviously I can use my phone but I keep using up all my data and find it easier to write…
I’ve recently moved. I’ve bought my own flat in a different part of London. When the keys were finally handed over to me, I experienced a Psychological phenomenon I didn’t know was a thing, but it turns out it’s pretty common, so I thought I’d write about it. To go back a few stages, I’ve…
I’ve been really struggling recently, with missing the Great Scot. I feel about 5% heartbroken by him. I like him so much and I feel hurt we haven’t ended up being friends. He has rejected my friendship. I wonder if partly, I’m pining for him more right now, because I’ve just moved house. Everything is…
A ‘wank seance’ – when masturbating, accidentally summoning up the image of a dead relative. Then, not being able to dismiss the image of them looking on, disapprovingly, at what you’re doing. A work friend introduced me to that term, and I found it funny. However, last week, I experienced something even worse. Last Saturday…
A few weeks ago, I was on fire, dating-wise. I had 4 dates in 4 days. At one point, I was putting my makeup on for the next date, while the guy from the previous night was still in my bed. I felt like the queen of everything. I couldn’t stop strutting when I walked.…
I had such a great time when I met the Great Scot for a drink, just as friends. The night had everything tons of sexual chemistry so much fun, laughter and joking sharing music, TV and film recommendations, feeling like we had loads in common intimate, deep, personal chat about difficult experiences we’d each had…
