My Life Is Actually Very Boring. The

Nothing Like Being With People You’ve Known Almost Your Entire Life. Having A Shared History Is Something You Just Can’t Create With The New Ones. No Matter How Much You Like That, It Just Isn’t The Same.

Jules Says There Are Three Things That Make You A Grown-up: An Eight-piece Set Of Matching Dishes; Gin, Vodka And Whiskey In The House; And Making Your Bed Every Morning. I Disagree With Her. I Think You're Officially A Grown-up When You've Got Another Half. When You Don't Have To Live In Fear Of Other Couples. When You Don't Have To Feel You're Not Good Enough.

Marriage Should Be About Fun,” She Says Gently. “it’s About Friendship, And Laughter, And Trust, And Fun. If It’s Not Fun, If You Take It All Too Seriously, What’s The Point? You Know I’ve Been With Andy For Fifteen Years, And The Reason It Still Works Is Because He’s My Best Friend And He Still Makes Me Laugh. Admittedly, Not All The Time, And Often We Get Completely Bogged Down In Work, And The Kids, And Life, But He’s Still The Person I Most Want To Phone When Anything Happens In Life, And He’s Still The Person Who Makes Me Laugh The Most.

Every Time My Dreams Threaten To Become Reality, Something Always Happens And I End Up Alone.

I Do What Most Women Do. I Meet Someone And Some Of It's Right, Maybe He Looks Right, Or Has The Right Job, Or The Right Background, And, Instead Of Sitting Back And Waiting For Him To Reveal His Other Bits, I Make Them Up. I Decide How He Thinks, How He's Going To Treat Me, And, Sure Enough, Every Time I Conclude That This Time He's Definitely My Perfect Man, And All Of A Sudden, Well, Not So Suddenly Perhaps, Usually Around Six Months After We've Split Up, I See That He Wasn't The Person I Thought He Was At All.