by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Mar 19, 2017 | Family, Talking Points
My heart is racing; my mouth is dry. I feel nauseous and dizzy. I stand still while the world around me falls away, paralysed with fear. I have mislaid my phone. Panic is setting in and my mind is rapidly replaying my recent movements. Me entering the post office, me...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Mar 12, 2017 | Food
THWACK! CLUNK! WHOMP! No sign of Batman knocking seven bells out of some super-villain, just the sound of really thick wine glasses being knocked together in my kitchen a few years ago. My cupboard was filled with glasswear from IKEA. You know the things. Triple...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Mar 5, 2017 | Fashion
My friend Rebecca is one of those direct types. I think it comes from years of nursing. All those hours of genito-urinary fun probably knock all the tact and discretion out of you. “Your boobs aren’t that big!” She said as I entered her house for dinner one evening....
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Feb 26, 2017 | Arts, Talking Points
When I was young, people would often ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. In my head there were two options. I wanted to be either Felicity Kendal or Debbie Harry. Throughout my childhood these two women spoke to me and, though I wasn’t entirely sure what they...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Feb 19, 2017 | Talking Points
I just got out of my new car. As I switched off the engine, a message flashed up on the dash: ‘Remember your mobile phone.’ It’s as though my car knows me. As though it knows how many times a day I put down my phone somewhere which feels obvious at...
