Tag Archives: love

David Baddiel and love (Rousse)

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Dreamaticus

There was nobody more astonished than I was when David Baddiel fell in love with me. We first met through friends, and now we were inseparable. We chatted for hours (I confessed that I used to listen to his football … Continue reading →

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Confused courtship (Rousse)

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Yet again, TPR had fallen in love – this time with a young fresher. He could be more subtle in his dalliances. Why would anyone issue a dinner invitation to a prospective lover in the presence of his wife? The … Continue reading →

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When ‘going for a run’ means a different form of exercise (Rousse)

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I was heart-broken when I discovered that whenever my husband left the house declaring  ‘I’m going for a run’, he was really off to spend the afternoon in one of two love-nests – either with SS or LP.

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Boris Johnson’s secret farm house tryst (Rousse)

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Boris Johnson needed to distract the press and the general public from his latest misdemenour. He roped me in to help him. We met in an old barn full of discarded furniture. From here we took a set of connected … 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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Louis Theroux’s lover (Rousse)

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I helped clear the ornaments from the table. Now that the last green china dog was hidden, nobody would ever suspect that Louis Theroux was having an affair. I was not the object of Louis’ affections, sadly. Although he listened … Continue reading →

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A love affair with a pooch dyed pink (Rousse)

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Dreamaticus

When we reached the dark and snowy outskirts of Edinburgh, the coach driver decided to turn back. Looking out of the window at lorries and cars strewn upside down at the side of the road, I understood his reasons. This … Continue reading →

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A sexy orthopaedic surgeon (Rousse)

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I was looking forward to talking to NP and SF over the meal, but as we sat down to dinner one of the guests declared that he was an orthopaedic surgeon and very interested in assessing my leg pain. This … Continue reading →

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Falling in love with a puppeteer and hill tapestry (Rousse)

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Dreamaticus

My true love was a puppeteer. When his marriage of three decades collapsed due to the arrival of two very late children, he finally found me. My new man opened my eyes to art forms that I had never know … Continue reading →

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Failed seduction in a Birmingham bedsit (Rousse)

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Even though I vowed to him that I would never stray from the arms of TPR, my father’s cousin did his clumsy best to seduce me. His attachment to a thin ornamental walking cane – supposedly a support for his … Continue reading →

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