Tag Archives: divorce

Bigamist seeks two simultaneous divorces (Rousse)

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I was broken-hearted when TPR finally admitted what I had suspected all along: he had a lover and was planning to leave me. The killer detail was that the pair of them had joined the tennis club together. Why would … Continue reading →

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A body transformation and a new lifestyle (Rousse)

Posted on February 8, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Outside London Olympia, Belle and I bumped into XX. In the decade or so since we last saw him, he’d undergone a complete transformation. We admired his golden tan, blond bob, and beautifully shaped eyebrows. We also guessed that he … Continue reading →

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Divorce, remarriage, and step-children (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Dreamaticus

TPR was divorcing me. I needed a new husband fast. LA, now known as ‘George’ and a recently-appointed colleague, was the best candidate. I wondered (a) whether AN would approve when she found out that I had not revealed my … Continue reading →

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Teddy bears and a tall Swede (Rousse)

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Dreamaticus

My latest strategy for clearing my mother’s house was to gather together any presents that I had given her in the past and reclaim them for myself. I picked up two handmade lawn cotton teddy bears. The larger one was … Continue reading →

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A first wife’s fortune (Rousse)

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Dreamaticus

GG’s daughters were enraged when they learnt that their tall, handsome, suited father was not leaving his fortune to their mother, but instead to his first wife – me. This decision made me wonder whether GG and I had ever … Continue reading →

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Dangers of marrying too young (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Dreamaticus

What a discovery! Super-sporty EH harboured an astonishing secret: she was the ex-wife of our long-retired colleague KC. They had married when she was very young. EH admitted to me that this had been a terrible match, hence their divorce.

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Mr Stephen Fry (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Dreamaticus

Following yet another awkward encounter with Stephen Fry, I resolved to cool our ‘friendship’. I called him ‘Mr Fry’ from that point onwards. I expected him to use my formal title in the same manner when addressing me. The next … Continue reading →

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Adrian Chiles still sensitive over divorce from Jane Garvey (Rousse)

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Dreamaticus

When interviewing Adrian Chiles, I thought it only polite to admit that I used to know his ex-wife Jane Garvey. His face crumpled at the mention of her name. Who would have guessed that the jolly television presenter would still … Continue reading →

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Marriage and goat’s milk mayhem (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I was shocked when I learnt that JC had moved back in with her parents after her marriage to GC came to a sudden end. This was nothing, however, to my dismay and desperation when TPR calmly announced that his … Continue reading →

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Alien pink babies emerge from the plumbing (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I was returning the keys of the Lomax so that someone else could take it for a drive when a woman at the sink shrieked. ‘It’s Elaine’s head – as a baby!” she shouted ‘And several more of them coming … Continue reading →

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