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When the Nervous System Wants to Exit the Chat: Ending a Toxic Friendship in Your 40s
Nobody talks about friendship breakups in your 40s. On cruelty disguised as humour, and finally being done.
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Avengers Assemble: On Friendships That Don’t Fit in One Room
My friends are scattered across cities, time zones, and emotional bandwidths — and they all show up exactly when I need them.
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Growing Up: On Family, Marriage and Becoming the Adult
A 6 am wake-up on a family holiday, and the quiet realisation that you are now the grown-up in the room.
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A Mother’s Love: Two Weeks Together After Ten Years Apart
Living with my mother again after a decade of marriage, and the particular comfort nobody else provides.
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Making Friends as an Adult in a New City
A year alone in San Francisco taught me I am fine on my own — and how much harder adult friendship is to build.
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Uniquely Yours: An Anniversary Nine Time Zones Apart
Nine years of marriage, much of it long distance, and an anniversary that ends before it has properly begun.
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Holidays and More of Me: A Long-Distance Marriage at Christmas
Nine years married, fourteen together, most of it in different countries. On planning the holidays around that.
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