Tag Archives: love

Winning ways with the language of love (Rousse)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was well aware that for over a decade my colleague A dismissed my work as completely trivial. It was well-known that he had no respect for me whatsoever. Then one day we happened to be assigned to the same … Continue reading →

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A misguided love affair, a talking ape, a fairground murder, and three clear advantages of a prison sentence (Rousse)

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Dreamaticus

We spent the day at Belle’s London office counselling a friend desperate to escape a loveless marriage. When X refused to reveal to me the identity of his mistress, yet hinted that Belle was in the know, I feared the … Continue reading →

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How to find love: happy relationship remarriage (Rousse)

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I trailed the country as a guest at numerous weddings as all my school and university friends signed up to the new craze of “happy relationship remarriage”. This wasn’t about finding a different life-partner, nor renewing vows with any incumbent … Continue reading →

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Romance and waterworld (Belle)

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Dreamaticus

He was wearing bizarre cuban heels with a platform sole and his face looked as if it had been put on upside down. And yet as soon as he spoke I knew he was The One. I lived underwater where … Continue reading →

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Burns Night lover (Rousse)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Dreamaticus

He was my secret older man and I loved him. After Auld Lang Syne I made my move, pushing past the other dinner guests to grab the hem of his tweed jacket. He turned around and smiled at me kindly … Continue reading →

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A one-legged soldier wins Belle’s heart

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was living in a new house-share, overlooking Greenwich Park. Every time I came home, yet another long-haired cat had moved in. Where were they all coming from? One of my new flatmates was a handsome one-legged soldier, who had … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s relationship entanglements

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Although I was yet to admit it, our marriage had long been dead. My husband, kind to the end, was simply waiting for me to form another relationship before raising the question of how we could untangle ourselves from almost … Continue reading →

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Rousse reassesses book classification

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Dreamaticus

Fragments of: Broadly approving the new scheme to help readers identify categories of book: in the future each one would be printed in the colour to represent its genre so, for example, a romance would have a red book jacket, … Continue reading →

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Love, sleep and an animated gym bag (Belle)

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I had true love chemistry with a very short man, and a good night’s sleep. When I woke up I found a gym bag in the kitchen, breathing in and out like a brown paper bag being used by a … Continue reading →

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Belle falls in love

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I stayed in a country house with secret passages and wooden panels and met and fell in love with Tony Adams. We had a box brownie camera.

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