HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY. Although it’s not so happy when you appreciate the focus this year. According to the World Economic Forum, the gender gap won’t entirely close until 2186. Not sure how they’ve worked that out, but that is […]
My friend and I recently agreed that there is much to be said for being single in your 50’s. So much so that we are both potentially in dire danger of never having a relationship again unless we are prepared […]
Should I get a divorce is apparently spiking as a search trend just a few days after Christmas. Which is generally always the case – “Divorce Day” is notoriously the first working day of January. However, as a divorcee myself, […]
A recent paper called “The Origin of Happiness” has declared that having children does not make us happy in the long term. The researchers say that this is because “the positive glow of parenthood only lasts 12 months and after […]
I feel like the Grinch of Christmas right now. It doesn’t feel “A Lot Like Christmas”….it doesn’t even feel a bit like Christmas, it feels more like “A Shit Load Of Stress and Hassle”. I don’t recall actually ever feeling […]
I have just been reading about Prue Leith getting engaged at the ripe old age of 76. Well I must say that I’m very happy for her – but of course also for the rest of us who are scrabbling […]
So all we are left with are Bran and Gelina – individually both a lot less strong than the sum of their parts. Although my blog features issues on divorce from time to time, I have been late to comment […]
It makes me very sad and angry to read the report out today about how women who return to work after having a baby fall far behind men in terms of earning power. The report by the Institute of Fiscal […]
So the Office for National Statistics have found that respondents in the 40-59 age bracket have the lowest levels of satisfaction and the highest levels of anxiety. Middle age stress abounds and happiness has dropped off the richter scale for […]
According to hospital figures, there has been a significant increase in attacks against people over 50, particularly women, putting a stop to the 7 year decline in serious violent crime in England and Wales. Attacks on women over 50 has […]
“How do I write a successful diary?” was a question I used to ask myself as a child. I kept diaries when I was young, as did many of us. Locked and flowery. I have tons of diaries now (all […]
Here the Two Dragons (in the Chinese calendar) talk about our New Year’s Resolutions (or not). It badly needs editing. I don’t know how to do that though, so decided to start in the worst possible light and hopefully improve […]
