My misadventures as a single creative writer in the Mother City
Kids, every good writer and singleton looks to their peers for inspiration – others who were in the embattled trenches of dating in the 21st century and understood how hard it was finding love in the difficult hook-up culture we lived in. In 2017, mine came in the form of the following three incredible dating bloggers: […]
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Kids, adulting sucks, don’t do it – just don’t! It is a universal fact of life that just when you think you have the hang of the adult thing , Life will bitch slap you and prove that just like Jon Snow, you know nothing! See, in 2017, the month after my return from the […]
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“Good Morning, Sleeping Beauty! Was that as good for you as it was for me?” he asked, with a smirk. Kids, this was the line I woke up to on a plane in Istanbul in November 2010, from the gorgeous guy whose personal space I had totally invaded during the long haul flight from Johannesburg. […]
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Kids, as my *gasp* 31st birthday edged closer in 2016, I started reflecting on what being 30 meant to me and realised that I actually loved it. I know that I freaked out pretty badly about my milestone age the year before, but by the winter of 2016, I had chilled the f*** out long […]
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As I made my way through the turnstile, the pharmacy assistant piped up with:
“I must say, that pink jacket just does wonders for you, hey”
Are you f***ing kidding me, dude? I was pale with grief, strung out on painkillers and nowhere near being in the mood for any variation of “How ya doin?” and this guy was hitting on me!
The sheer volume of terms like hang-out, hook-up, non-date date, ghosted, bae (one which particularly made my ass twitch!) and their definitions boggled my mind. Do not even get me started on Netflix and chill ( no, I am not explaining that to you until you’re all 21 and even then, you may need your Uncle Tendai to do it!).
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To add insult to injury, he freaked out because I overpaid the waitress’s tip. Oh hell to the f*** no, Dude! If you are going to make me pay for my meal, you have no f***king say in what I do or not share with the serving staff!
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