Author Archives: Dreamaticus

60th birthday celebration ideas (Rousse)

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Even though I had requested a quiet 60th birthday, TPR ignored me. He engaged KW to round up all the graduates, and KA to make me a pop-up fruit cake – 10 years ahead of schedule. Meanwhile I spotted X … Continue reading →

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A husband hunt in high heels, and a friendly German (Rousse)

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was impatient to join the others at the Oxford University reunion. Meanwhile my friend P was hesitating. I was keen to get through the door and track down any single men. P wanted to wait a while to see … Continue reading →

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Double decorating disaster (Rousse)

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was furious with the decorator. First, he splattered my brown winter cashmere coat with paint. Second, he was already half-way along the windows of our Georgian flat before he confessed that he was painting them pink.

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Tom O’Connor deplored (Rousse)

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Tom O’Connor, his two teenage daughters and I sat next to each other as members of the judging panel. Each performance was as dire as the one that preceded it. This was so incredibly tedious, and we weren’t even half … Continue reading →

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Time-travelling academic gives conflicting advice (Rousse)

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I couldn’t work out how I would get to my office across the flooded swamp of campus. The assistant dean appeared to be leading us one way, but just behind us his younger self (plus wife and three children) was … Continue reading →

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Failed dirty weekend with UK’s leading homosexual (Belle)

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I had been whisked off to a beautiful hotel by my ex boyfriend G, a former professional footballer.  However, it was now Saturday afternoon and I hadn’t actually seen him since we checked in 24 hours previously.  I sought assistance from the … Continue reading →

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Leicestershire treasure haul “given away” to tinkers (Rousse)

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I enjoyed watching the workmen dig the trenches across the Leicestershire field as they prepared the ground for a new motorway. They invited me to jump down into a small pit where they had piled up interesting objects discovered during … Continue reading →

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Surrogate mother surprise (Rousse)

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Dreamaticus

JG astonished all when she admitted at the university reunion that her big career move in the past ten years was to offer up her body as a surrogate mother. She reported no psychological damage from giving up the baby … Continue reading →

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New Russian tabby cat stud (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR announced that we were setting up a cat stud. We would start with four golden-striped Russian tabbies.

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Drunken wife escapes cruel husband in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Back from our holiday, TPR resumed his cruelty towards me. I couldn’t work out why he had attached an electrical cord to me, nor why his university pals were now pulling on it, but I was determined to escape from … Continue reading →

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