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  • OSCAR WINNER PREDICTIONS

    Posted by Family Affairs on 15-02-2019 in BLOG tagged with Oscar predictions / Oscar winners / The Oscar's
    Feb152019

    OK so I’m going to have a go at predicting the “AND THE WINNER IS…” moments for the Oscar’s this year.  What does anyone else think? BEST PICTURE A Star is Born (I know, it’s very, very hard to choose…) LEAD ACTRESS  Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born LEAD ACTOR (thought […]

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  • HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY

    Posted by Family Affairs on 14-02-2019 in BLOG tagged with Happy Valentine's Day / Love / red roses / Valentine's Day
    Feb142019

    HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! I am feeling pretty pleased with myself because a HUGE bunch of red roses arrived for me today. WOOHOO! Sorry to be smug, but to be fair, I have never in my life received two dozen roses and so I’ve had to wait a long time…. I […]

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  • ENGLAND RUGBY CALENDAR?

    Posted by Family Affairs on 12-02-2019 in BLOG tagged with England rugby team / gender / gender stereotyping / rugby calendar / Twickenham
    Feb122019

    Spent the day on Sunday with two out of three of my children and a crowd. Lunch, followed by the rugby at Twickenham, followed by Adam kay “This Is Going To Hurt”, that my son had bought us both for our Xmas pressie, followed by a curry. It was a […]

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  • THE YEAR OF THE PIG

    Posted by Family Affairs on 08-02-2019 in BLOG tagged with Characteristics of the pig / Chinese New Year / Pig / Year of The Pig
    Feb082019

    GUNG HEI FAT CHOI AND HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE PIG!! I feel a little bit sorry for the pig right now though because it seems that both in Chinese and Western culture we have a habit of putting a Pig on the menu for our New Year’s feast. They […]

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  • BREXIT UPDATE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 05-02-2019 in BLOG tagged with Brexintine's Day / Brexit / EU
    Feb052019

    Like everyone else, I am slowly but surely losing the will to live over the ineptitude of our government to reach a fucking solution. TWO YEARS and it has come to scrabbling around at the 11th hour and now we are expected to have a further wait and to add […]

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  • IS THERE A GOOD AGE FOR PARENTS TO DIVORCE?

    Posted by Family Affairs on 24-01-2019 in BLOG tagged with Children / DIVORCE / parenting
    Jan242019

    New research from the University College London says that divorce is less painful for children if it happens when they’re younger. Those between the ages of three and seven in their test of 6,000 children were 16% less likely to suffer emotional and behavioural problems than those between seven and […]

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  • ABANDON THE RESOLUTIONS – WE ARE GOING TO NEED ALCOHOL!!

    Posted by Family Affairs on 16-01-2019 in BLOG tagged with alcohol / Brexit / chocolate / Gwyneth Paltrow / new years resolutions / parliament
    Jan162019

    So we are half way through the month – how are you doing with your New Year’s Resolutions? My detox of Dry Ginuary is going exceedingly well. In fact I’m quite cheerful, despite the outcome of the government vote yesterday and I would highly recommend that you abandon your resolutions […]

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  • ARE WOMEN OVER 50 INVISIBLE?

    Posted by Family Affairs on 10-01-2019 in BLOG tagged with 50 something / 50's / invisible / Women / Yann Moix
    Jan102019

    Beaucoup d’indignation à l’ègard de l’auteure français, Yann Moix who has declared that he is “incapable” of loving women aged over 50, claiming they are “invisible” to him. I see from the flurry on social media that we are all up in (bat wing) arms, gnashing (decaying) teeth and stamping […]

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  • FINAL SAY REFERENDUM IS OUR ONLY OPTION

    Posted by Family Affairs on 08-01-2019 in BLOG tagged with Bollocks to Brexit / Brexit / Brexshit / Final Say Referendum / second referendum / vote
    Jan082019

    A Final Say Referendum is our best worst option now that tensions are running so high as regards the outcome of the Brexit vote next week. We are no better informed than we were over two years ago on either side of the fence and given that the vote looks […]

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  • DRY GINUARY

    Posted by Family Affairs on 03-01-2019 in BLOG tagged with Dry Ginuary / Ginuary / happy new year / resolutions
    Jan032019

    In haste, as I’m rushing for the train to work, I just wanted to say HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone before it was too late. How am I already behind schedule? One of my resolutions was to ensure things get done on time and I’m already failing at that. Which […]

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  • HAPPY CHRISTMAS

    Posted by Family Affairs on 26-12-2018 in BLOG tagged with Christmas day / happy christmas
    Dec262018

    HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you all! It’s been a quiet one in my house so far, but the children and my brothers are coming over today to make up for our tiny Christmas day. My children left at 1pm to go and spend the rest of the day with their father […]

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  • LONGER BLINKS STOP THE CONVERSATION EARLIER

    Posted by Family Affairs on 14-12-2018 in BLOG tagged with conversation / longer blinks
    Dec142018

    I am definitely going to test this out at my next Christmas party….apparently a study has found that the duration of individual blinks by listeners during a conversation serve as a subtle signal, to tell the person they are listening to that it’s time to change the subject. Or move […]

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  • HOW TO SURVIVE CHRISTMAS WHEN YOU’RE DIVORCED

    Posted by Family Affairs on 13-12-2018 in BLOG tagged with Christmas / DIVORCE / How to survive Christmas
    Dec132018

    You would think I’d be an expert on how to survive Christmas when you’re divorced by now. But I’m not. Because each year comes with different complications and issues. Tolstoy’s famous quote about families springs to mind and can relate to holidays as well as in all happy holidays are […]

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