Six months ago, Fai decided to take a break from the dating, online, marriage world and focus on the house search which she had been happily putting off for around six years. If you haven’t gathered it already, Fai is a typically indecisive Libra. As fate would have it, Dave* entered her life; an uncomfortably […]
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Hush
I’m trying to recall what prompted this post, written a year and a half after my divorce. Generally the months leading upto November when my breakup took place were never the best and this one was written in September. From memory, these were the months when I would be more upset and wanting to talk […]
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
If you’re anything like me then I’m guessing you prefer your eggs in a cake, filled with jam and slathered in buttercream. The question over eggs – specifically my eggs – started presenting itself when I hit the grand age of 30. Whilst I had never given it a lot of thought, it occurred to […]
Goodbye 2018
It seems only fitting as we approach the end of the year that I take a look back at 2018. I’ve mixed emotions about the year mainly due to the way it is now ending. Here’s some of my highs and lows of 2018 – feel free to share your own. Highs: The Blog – […]
Why Didn’t You Leave?
If you missed my previous post where I spoke about domestic violence then firstly, where have you been? Secondly, you can click here to read my very subtle entrance into the topic. A post which I’ve been attempting to write from the perspective of domestic violence is related to the importance of language. Over the […]
Weegie in Palestine
This is a slightly older post from 2016: I was off to Palestine. For as long as I can remember it’s been somewhere I wanted to go. Fed up of waiting for people to come with me, I made my decision, it would be a solo trip. I didn’t want to go as a standard […]
Crazy Rich Asians (Desi Twist)
I’m supposed to be on hiatus but couldn’t resist the temptation to fire out a little post. In need of a bit of R+R recently; post wedding fever (oh aye), a house move and a bout of shingles, my best friend Sai organised a cinema date and off we trotted to watch “Crazy Rich Asians”. […]
“The Walk of Shame”
I remember vividly the day that I took the decision to sell my home, a year post divorce. It wasn’t particularly difficult to know that it was the right thing to do. The house we lived in had been a begrudging compromise so, for me, there wasn’t much sentiment attached. But more than that, I […]
Why I Never Reported My Abuser
For many women like me, going through the distressing decision of whether to speak out or report abuse in relationships, it’s common for us to encounter that all too familiar line: “What will people say?” They’ll say you’re out to get revenge; they’ll say you’re bitter; they’ll say you haven’t moved on; they’ll say you’re […]
THAT Pride Post
I’ve a little time to spare and dabble in some writing so I’m going to do it. I’ll talk about that pride post. For the past week or so, I have been reflecting on a pretty bizarre and what has been, a somewhat horrid, turn of events. I am ofcourse speaking about the reaction to […]