Tag Archives: romance

Looking for a new boyfriend (Rousse)

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was looking for a new boyfriend. The first candidate was lovely – tall, dark, and handsome – and we did have some fun together. However, he was much younger than me, a smoker, and offered limited conversation. I really … Continue reading →

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A new campus romance (Rousse)

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Dreamaticus

CQX was anxious to start the presentations, but I was still struggling to prevent the huge water cooler bottles from toppling over at the top of the staged auditorium. Eventually I took my seat and the event was underway. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged auditorium, bottle, breakout, campus, conversation, cooler, deckchair, event, exercise, face, house, human, inkling, model, oberved, presentation, program, qualitative, relationship, research, romance, rumour, seat, session, shade, stage, terrace, top, topple, water, window | Leave a comment

Hanky panky with a young project manager (Rousse)

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I got off with Stuart, a young friend of TPR’s former colleague MS. Stuart worked as a project manager. This was useful for PS’s Masters project. He also drove a fast car. But this romance would never work. For a … Continue reading →

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How to flirt 1980s style (Rousse)

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Dreamaticus

My expertise did not stretch to biomedical science, yet I was charged with delivering a lecture to the new first years. I won them over in the first few minutes with a couple of jokes, then kept their interest by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1980s, biomedical, campus, flirt, joke, lecture, mechanics, message, mobile, note, noticeboard, phone, relationship, romance, science, style, torture | Leave a comment

A slighty tricky hospital romance (Rousse)

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We gazed across the table into one another’s eyes confessing our love while bemoaning our tricky marital predicament. There was also the further issue of our physical incompatability, but that only applied when we were upright. When the object of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged affair, building, clandestine, desire, drag, dress, eyes, hospital, incompatible, lovers, marital, pink, Queen, rendez-vous, romance, satn, secret, staircase, stairwell, surprise, table, tall, tricky | Leave a comment

Unwanted romantic advances, a “lost” suitcase, and death at the fun run (Rousse)

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I’d loved him for some time now, but his drunken advances, although flattering, were not welcome – especially in front of my parents. When he followed me upstairs to my hotel room I was suddenly overcome with a chill of … Continue reading →

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REF and romance (Rousse)

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Dreamaticus

It was meant to be a discussion of what I could contribute to our Research Excellence Framework (REF) submission. It soon turned into a passionate snog. I adjusted my silk petticoat and ran across the room to lock the office … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, admirer, companion, discussion, door, interruption, lock, lunch, months, office, passion, petiticoat, publications, REF, REF2014, Research Excellence Framework, romance, room, secret, silk, snog, wife | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: romance

Looking for a new boyfriend (Rousse)

A new campus romance (Rousse)

Hanky panky with a young project manager (Rousse)

How to flirt 1980s style (Rousse)

A slighty tricky hospital romance (Rousse)

Unwanted romantic advances, a “lost” suitcase, and death at the fun run (Rousse)

REF and romance (Rousse)

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