Tag Archives: relations

Rude relations (Rousse)

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My sister J and her husband M decided to move to Edinburgh. They took a quick look at my flat, pulled out a pad of paper, and drew up some plans. Their big idea was to buy my flat and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brother-in-law, council, Edinburgh, flat, git, murmuration, nephew, New Town, Newcastle, permission, plan, planning, relations, renovate, rude, sister, starling, Traitors | Leave a comment

Job vacancies in upmarket fish restaurant (Rousse)

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Dreamaticus

PMF worked in comms for an upmarket fish restaurant, so I was surprised to find him smartly dressed in an all-white waiter’s unform and serving seated customers one day when I visited him in the office. ‘They must be rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged comms, fish restaurant, geriatric, job, media, relations, vacancies, vacancy, waiter | Leave a comment

Sex with your friend is better than sex with your sister (Rousse)

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I fell head over heels in love with L. She felt the same about me, so we embarked on a passionate affair. Everyone else was disgusted with us. We argued that it could have been worse – at least we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged disgust, friend, girl-on-girl, lesbian, relations, sex, sister | Leave a comment

Fiona Bruce fake friend (Rousse)

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Dreamaticus

At the first conference Fiona Bruce treated me with respect, and even gave the impression that she would like to be my friend. That said, she still managed to convey a sense of superiority over the academic delegates. It did … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australia, conference, delegate, economy, fake, Fiona Bruce, first class, friend, keynote, presentation, relations, superior, TPR | Leave a comment

Activities for a kid advanced for his age (Rousse)

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My toddler cousin (grandson of N and J) was very advanced for his age. I held him on my knee as he spoke eloquently of his varied academic interests. He then expressed interest in the family tree and, in particular, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, activities, activity, advanced, age, child, children, computer, cousin, exercise, family, grandson, kid, knee, paper, pointless, read, relations, relatives, sheet, toddler, tree | Leave a comment

An urgent need to learn Braille (Rousse)

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I was incredulous when the hospital doctor (an SL lookalike) told me that I had both diabetes and breast cancer. ‘But all my relations die of heart disease!’ I protested. Then he informed me that I would go blind within … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blind, Braille, breast, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, learn, priority, relations, urgent | Leave a comment

What to do at Grand Central Station (Rousse)

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Dreamaticus

At Grand Central Station in New York we would regroup for the next leg of our journey. In the meantime I scattered my business cards in the hope of widening my network of work contacts. I then returned to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged business cards, contacts, female, frighten, Grand Central Station, journey, network, New York, relation, relations, work | Leave a comment

Fight breaks out on A702 as couple takes the wrong road south (Rousse)

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Dreamaticus

At best our relations might be described as “professional”. At worst they were “frosty”. On an average day we tolerated one another – so why did he have his arm around me, and why did it feel so natural to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A68, A702, arm, attack, cosy, couple, equipment, event, fight, foot, frosty, game, gang, ice-breaker, MIles, natural, Newcastle, Northumbria, professional, puck, pucks, relations, reload, retrieve, steal, stick, sticks, strangers, tolerate, trolley, university, venue, walk, way, wrong | Leave a comment

Resurrectionists active in the north east (Rousse)

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Dreamaticus

TPR had developed a process to bring the dead back to life. So now I found myself in a bar in Hexham chatting to both my grandmothers and my great-great auntie S, plus other assorted relations (officially still alive). Unfortunately … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1800s, alive, aunt, bar, cemetery, corpse, dead, death, family, friend, gathering, grandmother, grandmothers, granny, Hexham, life, living, locker, Newcastle, north east, process, relation, relations, relative, relatives, resurrectionist, resurrectionists, school, shopping, technique, trolley | Leave a comment

Wedding preparations and wolves (Rousse)

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Dreamaticus

S and A’s wedding rivalled the Olympics for scale. Everyone was invited. I loved it, especially since so many of my own friends, relations and work colleagues would be there. These included: my sister J and her family all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Botanic Gardens, bride, bridesmaid, bridesmaids, colleagues, curry, delegates, family, Friends, husband, Isle of Man, Olympics, Online 2012, pool, relations, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, school, sister, sisters, swimming, TPR, twin, twins, wedding, wolf, wolves | Leave a comment