I am a widow. I was widowed when I was a young woman of 35 and my life has never been the same since. In the…
In the early twenty-first century, a young woman’s choice in the West to live unmarried is widely accepted. Equally, thanks to the divorce law reforms…
Since (a few failed attempts at) re-entering the dating world post-widowhood, I have learned that there are many struggles to dating in the modern era. From the drama…
I received my new American passport yesterday. But despite this being my third passport, it will also mark several passport firsts in my life. But…
When you live your life without a partner, it can be lonely. Even if you fill your days with friends and acquaintances, it can be…
Once again, National Punctuation Day is upon us. And that means I am going to talk about one of my favourite things – punctuation! But I’m going to change…
Some days, I think about how lonely I am, and about how I want to find someone to share my life with. I think about…
I think one of the hardest things about dating as a widow(er) is the guilt that comes along with it. Worse is that some of…
Dating is hard. Dating in your late 30s and early 40s is hard. Dating as a widow is hard. And trying to do all three…
Today is my last day as a 40-year-old woman. It’s the last day of what I had hoped would be an empowering and fabulous year of…
Sometimes I feel like the world is laughing at me; like life is laughing at me. Sometimes I feel like my entire life has been one failed…
The end of a year can only mean one thing: An obligatory end-of-the-year reflections post! At the start of the year, I had grand visions of…
Yesterday marked one calendar year since I matriculated as a research student in the Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation at Edinburgh Napier University. It’s hard to believe…
My friend, LA, introduced me to “The Bliss Scandal” so I decided I’d sign up and see what it was all about. To be completely honest, I…
I was 25 years old when Rupert* asked me out on a date. He was a “local boy” a few years older than me and…
I was in my mid-20s, and still rather unsure about how the dating world worked. I couldn’t always tell if a guy was flirting with…
In preparing for a talk I’m giving next month about online reputation management, I went back and reviewed some of my old accounts. And that’s when…
No one said that dating was going to be easy, but I didn’t expect it to be as difficult as it’s been. Part of that,…
It’s time once again for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival, which means it’s time once again for me to make some lousy excuse for why I will…
Life begins where your comfort zone ends. The magic happens outside of your comfort zone. Success, happiness, excitement, love … it’s all found outside of…