Category: Friendship

• How Does Facebook Know Me Better Than My Husband Does?

  It’s kind of spooky just how perceptive Facebook has become about my personality. The choice of articles, memes and funny/cute dog videos that flood my homepage each day accurately paint a picture of my character (and all its flaws), as well as pander to my quirks and interests far more intuitively than the old man…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  January 29, 2016

  ADHD, Anxiety, Friendship, Health, humor, Menopause, middle age, Midlife Observations, Motherhood, social media

  husband, Menopause, middleage, personality

• Remember The School Gates? Getting Old Isn’t All Bad

  A friend recently wrote to me about how old she feels each time she passes the primary school our children attended and sees all the young, hip mums hanging outside the school gates.  Being a mum in the playground is personally one of my least favourite periods of parenthood to reminisce about; post-traumatic memories of…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  January 27, 2016

  ADHD, Ageing, Friendship, humor, middle age, Midlife Observations, Motherhood, Parenting

  middleage, mum, playground

• Friends, Holidays And Doing Fuck All

  I’ve spoken before about the need to prune the bush of friendship before; about the sad inevitability that as we age, we evolve, yet sadly not always at the same rate or in the same direction as our friends.  But fortunately, one of the BEST things about getting older is that we no longer have…

  My Midlife Mayhem

  December 30, 2015

  Ageing, Drinking, exercise, Friendship, Holidays, humor, Midlife Observations, relationships

  bed, Holidays, lazy, middleage