It’s a risky business – this English language teaching

I’ve been in the middle of a weird work situation.  That being that I am freelance, and that one of the partners of the agency that hires me for the main part of my week, doesn’t want to accept the professional relationship as such. As a freelance, you are your own boss.  Or so I […]

Not all French men are created equal

So, the one who ruined it all for me was Hot Frenchie of February 2014 fame.  Things would never be the same again.  The bar was set impossibly high in Paris that weekend.  With charm, dinner, a night time tour of the city of lights and well, you know….. Fast forward to this year, and […]

Reasons why I don’t have kids #40

Crippling disappointment in the partner choices your kids make. Or just good old-fashioned bafflement, as in, “what were you thinking? Why? Just, when, what, who?” When I think back on what my poor old mum has experienced, as I’ve breezily arrived wherever, heralding the arrival also, of one or other of the men I was […]

Dating world update

After a week’s brief flirtation with different dating apps with different profiles out of curiosity, I found myself in possession of a handful of phone numbers, a date under my belt, two in the offing; and still none the wiser about why men are scared to just hang out and why they keep sending photos of their nether […]

24 hours on Lovoo – I don’t know what I want

STATS: Liked me – 192, including Justin Bieber, Heath Ledger and Kurt Russell Visitors – 112 (I know, I don’t understand this either) Added as favourite – 6 No. of threatening messages – 0 No. of strops for no immediate return of greeting – 0 No. of people with tattoos on their FACES – 0 No. of […]