At the gym today, filling my water bottle at the drinking fountain, I nearly ran away. Sorry, I’ll rephrase that: I nearly hobbled away. Two stunning young women – peachy and cool in their Lululemon shorts and crop tanks– were in the weights area lifting. Me? I was about to start what my gym calls …
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Sleepless in Seattle is my spirit movie. There he is, a young and gorgeous Tom Hanks (Sam) all tousled curls and melancholic. That gut-wrenching cemetery scene. Sam’s face at the airport when he sees Meg Ryan (Annie) for the first time. And then on the observation deck of the Empire State Building when Sam and …
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In my late teens, one of my first serious boyfriends, someone I was crazy about, thought it was hilarious to describe me as “Rubenesque”. One dictionary defines this as being “suggestive of the painter Rubens or his works … plump or rounded usually in a pleasing or attractive way”. But I didn’t interpret my boyfriend’s …
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Frankly, I’ve lost sleep over this question. Until the pandemic hit, I spent way too many hours of my life in a salon chair with my head full of tinfoil looking like a scientific experiment gone awry. I resented the time and the money spent on the process – and the double standards for women …
I don’t have first-hand experience of marriage but I like to think it might be cups of tea brought to you in bed in the morning, flowers at lunch time, and help with the chores and cooking and cleaning at all other times … oh, and lots of great sex. (OK, go on … laugh …
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