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mothers on the verge of a nervous breakdown
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Two mothers, one in London, one in New York, tell it like it really is. This is parenting uncovered; the realistic guide to kids.
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My Granny Julia died yesterday. For once, I've run out of words....
Park life
I've started to do a trot round the park every other morning in an attempt to avoid my buttocks taking over the world. When I say trot what I really mean is that I sort of stumble and shuffle my way around the park, stopping to wheeze now and then wh...
The benefits of non-smoking
This non-smoking lark has thus far failed to impress me. Not only do I find it really tricky to write anything bar the most banal email without a ciggie clenched in my desperate fist - hence my disappearance from the blog for the last few days -...
The strange confusion of the Dubai Hangover
It is an odd thing, being hungover in Dubai. I would, in fact, go as far to say that it is strangely unlike any hangover I have ever had in any other part of the world. For some reason, the tiniest drop of booze consumed here has a more drastic effec...
YLM turns into a non-smoking b*tch on wheels
Earlier this week I announced that I was thinking about stopping my depraved sucking of the tar-sticks. 20 years or so of having been in the thrall of ciggies is quite embarrassing, not to mention having recently developed a cough that should live in...
Aussie rules
It seems my character assassinations of the different types of mum to be found in Dubai have been quite popular (new readers, see here, here, here, here and here) . In reponse to recent requests for more, here's a shameless stereotype ...

I'm having a very hard time. I am the sole parent of 4 teenagers. My EX died 3 years ago............I often wish it were me instead. I just lost my job in may, I have been trying to get state asistance for the kids so that they have health insurance..........denied. I've been applying for assistance so that I can go back to school.........getting the run around there too.......always waiting for someone else to file a paper.........every month that I have to wait to get into school will be one more month unemployed. I'm scared to death...........no one knows what is stirring in me.........I feel like my mind is ready to blow up.
anyone ever been in this spot.........would love to talk to someone..........I can't fail my family.
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