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Category Archive for 'Girlfriend?'

Setting the record straight…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology on Jun 30th, 2010

I wasn’t too clear in my last post about the principal of parenthood. I’ve got no problem with the idea of being a parent I think I’d be a damn’ good Dad and indeed, I regard not having children as one of the things missing in my life. It’s something that nearly happened to me [...]

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Dealing with the aftermath…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology on Jun 29th, 2010

That I’d dodged a very nasty bullet the previous night never occurred to me. In the benighted days of the 60s we lived under some fairly frightening misapprehensions regarding sex and chief amongst those was that to get a girl pregnant you needed to have visibly started puberty. When I finally learned just how fallacious [...]

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The very reluctant boyfriend…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology, Reluctant on Jun 28th, 2010

While we were enjoying our evening free time one evening the 2 boys I was sharing with tentatively asked if I’d be offended if they had girls in our room, after lights out. This was, of course, the ultimate offence and being found out would mean instant dismissal from the centre, a report to school [...]

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Me sweet? Get on with you…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology, Romance? on May 15th, 2010

OK, I’ve calmed down after that rather unpleasant story the other day so let’s get back to lighter things. The next morning I decided that doing something normal for a 14 year old on holiday would make a nice change so I announced that I’d be spending a few hours on the beach. After presenting [...]

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Seaside fun and danger…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology, Romance? on May 8th, 2010

So everything was sorted out wasn’t it? Back with the right girlfriend, forgiven and suitably penitent and everything in the proverbial garden was lovely. Well you’ve probably realised by now that my teenage years didn’t run on very smooth rails so complications were inevitable. I went on a short holiday with my parents, not my [...]

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A letter I never thought I’d need to write…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology, Romance? on May 1st, 2010

Mum’s customary gentle shaking brought unpleasant reality back into my world, after breakfast there would be the thorny issue of a letter to be written. Who’d have thought that I’d ever be in the situation of writing what amounted to a ‘Dear Jane’ letter? Well not me that’s for sure. Fed and dressed, no reason [...]

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All good things must come to an end…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology, Romance? on Apr 30th, 2010

You’ll no doubt be relieved to learn that this particular tale of two besotted teens is almost finished although the romance and the complications surrounding it have a while to go yet. There’s not a great deal to add to the afternoon’s activities, much holding hands, gazing into each other’s eyes and kissing took place [...]

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Time stands still and four big words in return…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology, Romance? on Apr 28th, 2010

Cause and effect is a strange thing isn’t it? Farting in class, particularly when amplified by a wooden chair, causes giggles and an angry teacher. Losing your shorts in a rugby tackle leaves 30-odd boys helpless with laughter and a games master trying not to smirk, especially if you’re not wearing underpants. Saying “I love [...]

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The tea shop and three very big words…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology, Romance? on Apr 27th, 2010

Besotted adolescent alert! I don’t invent stories about my life, I really couldn’t make these things up, I just try to tell you the bizarre things that happened to a young boy the way they happened… Still hand in hand we entered the tea shop and were shown to a corner table, away from the [...]

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A date and a cheating little rat forgiven…

Posted in Girlfriend?, Memories, Mental Archaeology, Romance? on Apr 24th, 2010

You may be wondering why someone who accepted his homosexuality at the age of 12 is making such a song and dance about his relationships with girls. Please bear with me and everything will become clear eventually. Wednesday morning arrived and after a hurried breakfast I had the longest bath of my life followed by [...]

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