Tag: Caffeine in the Cappuccino of Life
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The dreaded cardboard box
“I thought marriage would make my life easier,” said my then-colleague, many years ago, in a different country, and at an awful workplace. She had met her husband on vacation, spent a lot of money on his immigration, and helped him to get a job. But after he did, his workmates teased him over his…
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The Depths of the Sea
“What do women want?” I demanded of a wise man after hosting yet another dance party with 10 men and only 4 women. “If I could answer that, I’d be rich,” said the wise man and munched a biscuit. It’s Just A Coffee Classic Man is simple and straightforward; Classic Woman is not. Therefore, I…
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Men are who they are…
…and not who you want them to be. (Part One is here.) Pity the bookish girl, for the contrast between boys in fiction and boys in life is stark. Our bookish girl spends her happiest childhood hours with Frodo and Sam, Peter and Edmund, Frank and Joe Hardy, and perhaps the Famous Five. On Monday…