Category: Ageing
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Family: You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
From what I understand, one of the few benefits of divorce is that you occasionally get a break from the kids. One of the benefits of migration is that you get to keep the day-to-day responsibilities of being part of a dysfunctional family at arms length. Family and ‘home’ In spite of the logistics, my…
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When Your Parent Abandons You
The other day NC was telling us about her plans for the next seven months or so while she has a gap between her degree and her Masters. More accurately, she gave us an outline of how her plans away from home will improve her continued personal growth trajectory. Yes, that’s definitely igneous… The old…
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My Top 35 Rules For A Happy Life
This list felt particularly poignant last week, the night before we boarded our first flight without our children, when I was as anxious AF about leaving my ‘babies’ behind. However, (and before I’m reported to Child Services), let me reassure you that our ‘babies’ are eighteen and twenty-one respectively, but if perchance I do bump…
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Finding The Perfect Cocktail Dress At Fifty
Exciting! I remember thinking facetiously as I ripped open the invitation to my father’s third wedding, which takes place in London this week – (hence journey from hell mentioned in previous post) – unable to repress the feeling of being every inch the middle-aged Cinderella, when it dawned on me I’d need a dress. Eat your…
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Man Spreading, Bread Rolls And Lesbian Sex: The First World Issues Of The Global Traveller
I’ve moaned before about the Everest of all tortures; that is the twenty-four hour long-haul flight from Sydney to London. One that rivals any agony ever to be invented for breaking terrorists by the Americans at Guantanamo Bay. Well, somehow we survived it. Unlike childbirth, it’s not so easy to forget every moment spent gritting…
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Turning Middle-Aged Invisibility On Its Head
It seems ironic that at this time of my life, when I have the greatest confidence in who I am, society is trying to write me off. Unfair that this game change should come at the same time as my kids finally need less of me, and I have more time to develop my own interests, evolve…
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The Secret To Combatting Tiredness In Menopause
I’ve always loved my sleep, but this past year I’ve superseded all previous records for just how much I can sleep and how often. We all know that the excuse to ‘nap’ is one of the biggest benefits of ageing for both men and women, but when you sleep for ten hours or more a…
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Shopping, Friendship and Embracing Your New Middle Aged Body
I am usually a lone shopper. I take my shopping habit very seriously and can quite easily waste an entire Saturday trying out new styles that I would never actually buy in a million years. I enjoy the beauty and creativity behind beautiful clothes, fabrics and home accessories – I like looking at them, touching…
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Marriage And The Need To Shop Underground
One of the unfortunate byproducts of being married to an accountant is that sometimes you have to resort to going underground to shop or shopping with cash, because they’re so fucking tight. At the moment, I spend many of my nights hidden under the covers with my torch light as I research the perfect set of dining…
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Alcohol: Time To Farewell A Dear, Old Friend?
I’m feeling old today; certainly older than I should feel at fifty, although my kids may argue with that. I look at the recent family photos we took at Easter and although I understand that we women of a certain age never like how we appear under the scrutiny of the lens, the cost of…
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6 Obvious Ways To Prevent You Becoming Another Middle-Aged Divorce Statistic
One of the problems the old man and I have faced over the past few months since he started working from home, is that because we see each other physically all the fucking time, we think that’s enough input into our relationship, and our effort levels have dwindled. I admit it…we take each other for granted.…
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I Don’t Want To Be So Middle-Aged, I Have To Manage My Money
I’m certain that the old man and I can’t be the only middle-aged couple in the universe to argue about money. The question of what to spend your money on can put pressure on the strongest relationships at this stage of your life, when you have no idea how long you’re budgeting for, when you…
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