Talking Frankly is about everything from housework to human rights. It is a mixture of observation, commentary and opinions.
It also contains a lot of profanity along with the humanity. And please don’t steal my work. Somebody invariably dobs you in and it gets messy.
Enjoy!
Coming out straight
I'm not really sure how old I was when I realised that I was into boys but judging by my obsession with Mel Gibson and the fact that Patrick Swayze wrinkling his nose in 'Dirty Dancing' gave me butterflies in my tummy, I think we can safely assume that by 1987 I...
The myth of immutable parenting
We parent each of our children differently. And by 'we', I mean me. And you. And her. And him.That doesn't mean we don't love each and every one of our children with the same fervour and/or the same gut twisting intensity. Love is a very different thing to...
The answer is Margie
Whenever you read articles about exercise they always bang on about habits and motivations and self belief and self discipline and all kinds of things which I recognise as words but not necessarily in a language which I speak.I mean I can exercise for money. Give me a...
Do something. Anything.
Last night I attended a fundraising dinner for Rafiki Mwema which is a NFP that supports therapeutic homes for Kenyan children that have suffered from horrific physical and sexual abuse.I attended to support my friend Dan from Keeping Up with the Holsbys who...
In defence of younger men
There is nothing you can say about dating younger men that I haven't heard.The topic has come up again because (our) Kylie's relationship with her fiance has hit the skids and everybody but everybody is citing the age difference as the reason. There have been...
Drink the wine. Drink all of the wine.
Dear Everybody Doing FebFast, Dry July, Ocsober or any other booze free initiative in 2017,If you're raising cash for somebody - good on you.If you're not raising cash for somebody - don't do it.I know, I know. I've read all the same articles as you. After 28 or...
Why I’m marching
On the day that Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America, thousands (possibly millions) of people will be marching in support of women's rights.While many people do not understand, and perhaps never will fully understand, what...
Stupidity fatigue
2016 has taken heaps of our favourite celebrities. It's not even an age thing because they've been aged everything from 27 to 99, and I don't mind admitting that I really hope that somebody is sitting next to Betty White ready to punch the Grim Reaper in the face if...
Goodbye to childcare
Today is my baby girl's last day at childcare. Over the last six years, between the two of them they have spent just over one thousand days in childcare and just over $250,000 has been spent on that care.They said to label anything we didn't want to loseButter...
You can never take too many photographs
I came across a photo album this week that featured a snapshot of my life from 1993. It was the year I moved out of home, the year I broke up with the long legged truck driver and started dating the curly haired uni student. It was a year where I attended parties,...
I know stuff
Most mornings I walk my girls to school. Sometimes we have grand old chats and sometimes it's just 15 minutes of me bellowing - "MOVE IT MOVE IT C'MON WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE OH MY GOD ARE YOU A FREAKIN' TURTLE MOVE IT GIRLS C'MON PLEASE MOVE STOP THAT IS A ROAD OKAY...
Friendship is weird
I've been musing lately about the strange beast that is friendship. Don't ask - I'm in therapy. I muse on a lot of things if the truth be known.Some people have friends they've known all their lives. Literally. Admittedly most of the people that I know who fall...