tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post5934114209331560357..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Single visionnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-36700708866688702012-02-22T08:11:26.021+00:002012-02-22T08:11:26.021+00:00Snowbrush - Actually Jenny's a very competent ...Snowbrush - Actually Jenny's a very competent driver, as am I (I think). I'd certainly be worried if she was in the habit of finishing her make-up on the dual carriageway.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-46581925644966313482012-02-22T03:05:48.089+00:002012-02-22T03:05:48.089+00:00Boy, if Jenny drives like she's pictured, you ...Boy, if Jenny drives like she's pictured, you won't have to wonder what it would be like to live without her for much longer.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-20334433304998454202012-02-19T21:03:54.802+00:002012-02-19T21:03:54.802+00:00Blackwater - Come to think of it, some experimenta...Blackwater - Come to think of it, some experimental cooking sounds good. Without anyone to laugh at my incompetence....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-27054749600386665142012-02-19T20:50:38.452+00:002012-02-19T20:50:38.452+00:00I think I'd do more cooking - more experimenta...I think I'd do more cooking - more experimental mistakes.<br />More music. More pictures.<br />Odd thinking about it.blackwatertownhttp://www.blackwatertown.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-44243796702011455122012-02-19T16:48:31.143+00:002012-02-19T16:48:31.143+00:00Ramana - You certainly don't give the impressi...Ramana - You certainly don't give the impression of being a hermit. Apart from your father and son and family, you have plenty of blogmates and you know a lot of the local tradespeople. Hardly an isolated existence!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-54492121120079396252012-02-19T14:24:08.869+00:002012-02-19T14:24:08.869+00:00It will be three years of being single for me in a...It will be three years of being single for me in a month's time. It has taken my almost the whole time to get out of a hermit kind of life bar minor connections with family and close friends I am now mobile and suddenly I find that the universe is sending me signals! The human being adapts.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-77079046459365768472012-02-19T13:27:19.775+00:002012-02-19T13:27:19.775+00:00Speccy - I might become mega-houseproud in my own ...Speccy - I might become mega-houseproud in my own house (though somehow I doubt it). Other people's houses, definitely not. Even for large wads of cash.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-1749923635123575382012-02-19T13:19:08.806+00:002012-02-19T13:19:08.806+00:00Really Nick, if you ever do feel the urge to scrub...Really Nick, if you ever do feel the urge to scrub, clean and hoover from the early hours, give me a shout. I'll sleep through it, but you just let yourself in and clean to your heart's content :)speccyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910768878700620483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-84798119922834916922012-02-19T08:51:59.603+00:002012-02-19T08:51:59.603+00:00www - Surveys always find that hugging and kissing...www - Surveys always find that hugging and kissing are not only enjoyable but good for your health. I'm quite happy for strangers to leap on me with generous hugs!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-34639877770819361522012-02-19T07:36:34.352+00:002012-02-19T07:36:34.352+00:00I'm with GM on the touch thing. I tend to over...I'm with GM on the touch thing. I tend to overcompensate and hug and kiss friends. I am practicing for strangers. Not there yet. Oops, I did two weeks ago, no, he did me, a friend of a friend who had read me and leaped on me once introduced. Nice that.<br />Diary entry from me.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-31512216068676607932012-02-18T22:39:45.561+00:002012-02-18T22:39:45.561+00:00Bijoux - Low cal and filling? Good if you're d...Bijoux - Low cal and filling? Good if you're dieting, then. Glad to say, I've practically always been thin so no need to diet!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-6334379490010150922012-02-18T21:49:47.713+00:002012-02-18T21:49:47.713+00:00LOL Nick! I actually am not a big fan of popcorn a...LOL Nick! I actually am not a big fan of popcorn anymore, but it's low cal (sans the butter) and filling enough to resemble a meal.<br /><br />Personally, I'd rather have fruitcake for breakfast, with an extra large latte. LOVE the fruitcake.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-77918242179287623702012-02-18T17:41:36.216+00:002012-02-18T17:41:36.216+00:00Roses - If you're used to being single, sudden...Roses - If you're used to being single, suddenly sharing with someone else can take a lot of adjusting. I lived on my own for about ten years before I met Jenny and there was plenty of friction when we started living together!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-32577112089137373102012-02-18T17:37:28.901+00:002012-02-18T17:37:28.901+00:00Bijoux - Popcorn for dinner, huh? Personally I'...Bijoux - Popcorn for dinner, huh? Personally I've always hated popcorn. If we're talking strange habits, I went through a phase of eating fruit cake for breakfast. It certainly kept me going through the morning.<br /><br />Grannymar - Losing Jack must have been dreadful. I admire the way you've built such a rich social life and not retreated into domestic gloom. I would miss touch as well, I really value physical contact generally.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-37717244992597554172012-02-18T17:09:49.636+00:002012-02-18T17:09:49.636+00:00How funny. I am looking at this from the opposite ...How funny. I am looking at this from the opposite side: how do I negotiate the relationship being a long time single? And we're not even close to the moving in stage. I've just barely got over hyperventilating over leaving toothbrushes at respective houses.Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469442580348062913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-71579711762447982382012-02-18T13:51:52.117+00:002012-02-18T13:51:52.117+00:00May all of you who have soul mates or partners, ne...May all of you who have soul mates or partners, never know the black abyss of loss. After fourteen years I still bake, cook, clean etc, but nowadays it is done on auto pilot. <br /><br />I eat proper home cooked meals everyday. I compensate by making them for 4 or six and freezing the left over portions for the days I am feeling lazy.<br /><br />I have moved on and built a new life with new friends, new interests, but I miss 'touch' most of all. In the world of today with technology taking over our lives (shopping, banking, news, & various social media outlets)it is so easy to become a reclusive person without face to face meetings or physical contact.<br /><br />Don't go there.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-37798460892087711112012-02-18T13:36:30.861+00:002012-02-18T13:36:30.861+00:00I don't think I've changed much; I'm s...I don't think I've changed much; I'm still all about the neatness, minimal 'stuff' sitting around, cabinets more empty than full.<br /><br />As far as meals though, if I were single again, it would be back to popcorn for dinner!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-31903819335884131062012-02-18T13:19:51.307+00:002012-02-18T13:19:51.307+00:00Kylie - Jam? What kind of jam? No, don't tell ...Kylie - Jam? What kind of jam? No, don't tell me, strawberry?<br /><br />Agent - I know, slut nowadays tend to mean promiscuous, but it does also mean slobbish and slatternly!<br /><br />Interesting that you hardly changed at all. Also interesting that the place is cleaner because there's no picking up after someone else. From what I hear, men are still notorious for dropping their clothes anywhere and expecting the Clothes Fairy to deal with them. More sex - well, that figures!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-92002591492168735362012-02-18T13:01:01.505+00:002012-02-18T13:01:01.505+00:00I guess slut has a different meaning there, unless...I guess slut has a different meaning there, unless you think you'd become wildly promiscuous.<br /><br />Having been married for two decades and then single I can tell you from experience that I changed hardly at all, except for quickly learning to do the things my spouse normally did (mow the lawn, for instance). I was no more or less neat, no more or less able to cook, no more or less able to handle finances, and so on. Yes, my partner influenced me - anyone who lives with you influences you - but so do my kids. I don't think people typically don't fall apart without someone there. The only difference when no one (no kids even) is here is that things are a little cleaner because I don't have anyone else to pick up after. Oh, and I definitely have had sex with more people single than I did while married.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-25122754396963097932012-02-18T10:48:28.873+00:002012-02-18T10:48:28.873+00:00jam and you think i would change?jam and you think i would change?kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-16497484049576457572012-02-18T10:43:08.515+00:002012-02-18T10:43:08.515+00:00Jenny - Indeed, just one little quirk of fate and ...Jenny - Indeed, just one little quirk of fate and we might never have crossed paths. We met while we were working at a bookshop (now defunct) in central London.<br /><br />Scarlet - Hmm, now you come to mention it, that sounds quite an attractive option. *practises expression of snarling contempt*Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-79372474071959098112012-02-18T10:28:30.491+00:002012-02-18T10:28:30.491+00:00Nothing wrong with being a disgruntled hermit who ...Nothing wrong with being a disgruntled hermit who eats well!<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-56622935403279155342012-02-18T10:04:21.061+00:002012-02-18T10:04:21.061+00:00Yes, I sometimes play that what-if game. I believe...Yes, I sometimes play that what-if game. I believe my life would have been much worse if I hadn't met T. Scary how easily one might not have met of course. How did you meet Jenny?Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-57714212847460356252012-02-18T09:39:48.790+00:002012-02-18T09:39:48.790+00:00Kylie - You'd be surprised. A hundred dirty pl...Kylie - You'd be surprised. A hundred dirty plates covered with crumbs and peanut butter(?), a hundred mugs full of tea stains, plus all the dirty clothes you hadn't got round to washing, plus....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-76471443440817979442012-02-18T09:18:48.313+00:002012-02-18T09:18:48.313+00:00i can guarantee that if i didnt have a family to c...i can guarantee that if i didnt have a family to cook for i would live on tea and toast, thats what i eat when they are all out!<br />as for any other behaviours, i'm not sure how it would go but probably i'd be a bit of a hermit. <br />there wouldnt be too much mess cos how much mess can you make if you only drink tea and eat toast?kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.com