According to an article I read recently, couples who “play together, stay together”. Ignoring the fact that advice from self-styled ‘relationship experts’ generally makes me nauseous, I wondered if it might be true. Perhaps the husband and I should take up a new sport? I have avoided suggesting it until now; the problem is that […]
Relationships
I want to be a man
I’m thinking about having a sex change. It’s a big decision, I know, and I understand from the pamphlet I picked up at the doctor’s surgery that I can’t leap straight into surgery. I have to live as a man for at least a year first. Well that suits me. In fact I plan to […]
The Big Surprise
My husband has been particularly spectacular recently, and I decided he deserved something a little bit special for his birthday. He’s a keen golfer, so I eventually settled on a surprise break at The Belfry (spiritual home of the Ryder Cup, for those of you who find the sport as yawnsome as I do) and […]
What people talk about when they're married
I remember going out for dinner with my boyfriend, now my husband of seven years. Together for barely a year, it seemed there was never enough time to talk about everything which jostled for space in our respective heads. Playing conversational tennis, we’d rally for hours and never find ourselves short of something new to […]
Do you kiss on the lips?
A friend of mine posted a link on the More than just a Mother Facebook page to a really interesting blog post about kissing. The essence of the piece is simple – should you kiss your children on the mouth? The answer of course is just as straight forward – you should do whatever feels right for […]
Housekeeping ruses
My husband thinks I have started doing more around the house. He’s wrong. It’s just that I’ve discovered something about him – he’s easily fooled. A few weeks ago I bought some rather expensive, rather lovely room fragrance (the middle classes don’t have air fresheners, they have room fragrance) and have been sparing with its usage […]