Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it
After nearly 4 months of marriage, the number of times I am being asked “how’s married life?” are drying up and the number of times I am being asked “haven’t you given up drinking yet?” are increasing dramatically. This question is of course polite social code for “are you knocked up yet?” decisions, decisions, decisions The answer is “no” and well, “if I was I…
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I think you get better at staring into space
Since we got married we’ve been deliberating where to go on our honeymoon. From my dream honeymoon list put together back in October, I’d still been holding out to go and see the Sloths in Costa Rica (a long flight), we’ve costed up going to the Amalfi Coast (a lot of money) and decided against Greece (we’ve been recently) and as for Hipping Hall we…
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the first is probably not the worst?
“So how is married life treating you?” I have heard this question 3 or 4 times a week in the last 5 weeks. Sometimes it has been daily. People assume it’s a pleasantry, a nice thing to ask the newlywed. However, when people respond to your honest “huh it’s not bad” with the stock response of “well, the first year of marriage is the worst”…
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the story of us – part 4 – the middle
…get me to the (humanist) ceremony on time! I was on time, of course I was on time, and in fact I was early and had to sit taking deep breaths in the taxi outside The Edinburgh City Chambers where our wedding was to be held. However once I was inside, we had a room to relax in, my niece and nephew to run around…
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the story of us – part 3 – the start
It’s 9am and I’m sitting amongst the crossword Scotsman mugs and the smells of perfect black pudding and crispy bacon, not being able to eat a thing. I’d woken up at 5am, excited, but not nervous, made myself a coffee, had a shower and had come down for breakfast all prepared to stuff myself silly on the 5 star breakfast. It wasn’t to be… The…
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