Tag Archives: husband

Challenges of an abandoned wife (Rousse)

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I pushed through the tough plastic packaging of a device that I did not recognise: the cheery Friesian cow branding gave no clues to its function. However, the batteries would probably be of some use, to something, some time – … Continue reading →

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Climate change and a secret love affair (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Dreamaticus

A rag tag mix of former colleagues and students – including ED, LG, DMcA, and JC of the National Library of Scotland – formed a loose company of actors. We gathered for ‘rehearsals’ in the mews building of my childhood … Continue reading →

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A husband murdered over metal gates (Rousse)

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I left the theatre after enjoying a play that starred Mathew Baynton (Thomas Thorne in Ghosts). On our way back to the station, we took a short cut through a multistorey car park. To enter it just as … Continue reading →

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A heart attack hero and villain (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Dreamaticus

A distressed bird flew into the sitting room. TPR grumpily forced the window open to allow it to escape. Unfortunately he suffered a heart attack due to the effort, and complained incessantly afterwards. Sometimes I wondered whether my husband liked … Continue reading →

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Dot.com heyday reunion party gatecrashed by secret lover (Rousse)

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The huge Sun Microsystems Sunrise reunion was hosted in a massive chain hotel in a major US city. It was almost as if the heady days of the dot.com boom had never ended. My boat was so late docking in … Continue reading →

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Husband hires hit man to kill off wife (Rousse)

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Dreamaticus

It was the end of our holiday. I had almost finished packing the bike panniers in preparation for our journey home when a man rushed into our room, then grabbed and bundled me into the back of his car. He … Continue reading →

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My lover David Mitchell (Rousse)

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Dreamaticus

David Mitchell had been in love with me since 1984. Unfortunately for him I was very married. He chose to ignore every sign of my ‘taken’ status – the several bands of gold and jewels prominently displayed on my ring … Continue reading →

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String sorting wife clings to marital home (Rousse)

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Just days before his great revelation, TPR and I had been smugly working our way through albums of old photographs, congratulating ourselves on our long and happy marriage. Now we had returned to our old house in Birmingham (the rooms … Continue reading →

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Unwelcome gate-crasher knowledge extractor (Rousse)

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Dreamaticus

DTJ set a large table in her garden then erected a tent-like structure around it. This allowed her to host a party under some form of shelter outside in winter. She then asked me to carry a sputtering candle from … Continue reading →

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Giving up on Argyll (Rousse)

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I loved the beautiful arts and crafts house in Argyll that I shared with my parents and husband, so I was devastated when my father announced that he had had enough of the poor road links and isolation and would … Continue reading →

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