We’re an hour into the stationary tail-back. The M40 snakes back through South Oxfordshire; an inert mass of cars filled with would-be shoppers. You know it’s bad when people start getting out of their cars, sitting on the hard shoulder with make-shift picnics and swapping numbers with the family in the Touran next to them. […]
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Catering for marital sex
Yesterday the Husband and I seized the moment and had sex in the kitchen. This is not the first time it has happened there; it’s not that there’s anything particularly erotic about our kitchen, simply that we tend to be in there at the same time, which is a rarity nowadays. Half-way through (not that […]
What are boobs for?
Eating out at lunchtime is not a regular event. What with the number of highchairs required and the need to work around The Routine, it’s simply easier to stay at home. From time to time, however, the call of the skinny latte is too strong for me to resist, and I load up the triple […]
Is there sex after babies?
Never mind sex before marriage, the hot debate centres on who’s having sex after children. How much, how often, and how soon. Just as soon as the first flush of parental excitement has faded, the new baby is sleeping more than twenty minutes at a time, and you’re able to sit down without an inflatable […]
Having a dog and barking yourself
The Nanny started last week, in preparation for The Big Return to Work. Having staff is a whole new experience for me; I find it difficult even to ask the window cleaner to do the pane he has missed, or to suggest to the builders that a three hour tea break may be a little […]