So it turns out, there are five languages of love. Bren and I were chatting about it this morning. We agreed that Ziggy's language is Physical Touch and Luca's is Quality Time. I pointed out quite strenuously that mine is Receiving Gifts. Gifts. Maybe this is the modern version of Men Are From […]
Little Relationships
Date Night
Yes, I require heavier filters than he does… We believe in Valentine's Day. Well, no, that's not quite right. We understand it is an exercise in consumerism and we are fully against those teddies holding fake roses in plastic cylinders. AGAINST THEM. But we like each other and going out to dinner. We like […]
Love Will Find A Way (even when you get the address wrong)
He was always good with flowers. The girl on the crowded tram struggling with a gorgeous bunch of blooms on the way home from work? That was me. The floral arrangement held aloft, making it's way through a busy call centre to be delivered to your desk? That's a great moment. But it's the […]
I’m OK, You’re Awesome
Are you who you want to be? I am. Mostly. I have worked hard to iron out my kinks. Well, maybe kinks is not the right word on account of it sounds like I enjoy being hung from my nipples while dolphins flagellate me with their tail fins. Or something. But I'm not even talking about that. […]
Say Something
It was just after 7am when he broke in and raped my mother. She was just newly separated after 22 years of marriage. Alone for the first time in the longest time. She was still in her dressing gown. I was fifteen years old at the time. Away at boarding school. Otherwise I […]
Intimacy
At the stove, heat rising from the burning elements, steam escaping the various pots and pans, he was behind me. I could feel the weight of his presence, solid and true, and so I allowed myself to lean into him. I let his weight share the burden of mine, let my body relax against his […]
Invisible Webs
[Photo Source] A relationship will endure a million challenges throughout a lifetime. Each person is subject to the development and change their partner goes through, to personal growth or the stubborn refusal of it. Work, health, finances are just some of the myriad ways a couple can be tested. When a family begins, the most […]
How did this happen?
…and stupid people get knocked up [Source] Well, if you must know, it was a bottle of sauvignon blanc and the fact that I've had no real cycle for the last five years. That's right, this baby, M-G 3 if you will, was not planned. You remember when I totally TMI'd you with the […]