Comments on: beginnings

By: catherine's

catherine's — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:04:20 +0000

catherine’s…

I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read….

By: Clare

Clare — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:50:21 +0000

“I can think of at least four other very happy couples I know personally”

I think we’re onto something. Clearly blogging is the new Railway Carriage. Can we sell the concept? The ideal way to meet a new partner?

By: The Bon

The Bon — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:25:35 +0000

I met my other half via an errant Hotmail. I live in Canada she was in University in Lyon at the time. We wrote for 7 mos, I abandoned my then relationship at the time, we wrote 4-5 times a day. I met her in the UK then in France she moved here after many 6 mos visits.
She goes back to France for Christmas every year I go back with her every second year. I speak “Pigin” French to her Family they grin and bear me because they love and respect her so much.
There is an 18 year age Gap between us No Kids alot of Love and Living is what we have between us. That is what Life is all about………

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:12:21 +0000

Mmmmm. There is something Romantic (capital R. see: Goethe)about a certain kind of epistolary relationship–throwing yourself out of your comfort zone in to the unknown. Much harder to do when you’re out running day-to-day errands: work, grocery, pay bills, buy gifts, plan dinner, have impetuous knee-weakening flirtation, pick up children at day care. Right.

As for the rest, the buddha said our lives would have ten thousand joys and ten thousand sorrows. Thank you for sharing yours.

By: Fella

Fella — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:04:01 +0000

Many respondents seem concerned about the wisdom of Petite’s selection of suitor from her inbox. Understandably so.
At 30 something plus, +?, Petite’s biological clock is ticking…… And ‘WE’ could not be expected to go through all this nerve-wracking trauma again!…….. all those sympathetic tears, time taken off tasks at work, near misses as we rush to & from work to catch the latest posting ……..in any case, the way the ‘entente cordiale’ is heading at present, Chirac way well decide to deport all ‘Les petites anglaise’ before long? Is there a solution? Perhaps Petite should allow us to exercise our democratic voice through another referendum …… respondents could vote for the in-box mailer whose prose is sufficiently eloquent to win Petite’s hand? To make it more fun, we could arrange the ‘Butte to Arc de Triomphe Handicap Steeplechase’ for the main contenders? How about this for the line up on present form:
Gary Savage 1:5 our clear favourite (but could be trampled on in the rush?)
Jim from Rennes 5:1 could manage a good sprint finish if not boxed in on the rails?
Andre 8:1 benefits from true French breeding – blood samples consistently demonstrate a 50% vin rouge mix
John Donne 50:1 Outsider, Well past his prime, but still capable of surprising us with his turn of phrase
Mancunian Lass Evens, After all Petite hasn’t declared her hand & mum has her suspicions!
Dead Heat – Tadpole gets to be umpire if its a photo-finish.
Any more runners to declare their hand before Starter’s Orders??

By: JonnyB

JonnyB — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:17:36 +0000

Respect to Tim!!!

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:59:38 +0000

I just think it’s shocking that you could even contemplate moving into a new phase of your life without so much as consulting us first.

I know my rights.

By: Vaughan

Vaughan — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:08:42 +0000

I’m so glad that I turned up relatively late to this thread, after 89 previous comments, because if I’d said my piece much earlier I might have been overly critical of the people raising their handbags to their chests in disgust, tutting under their breath and looking shocked and disgusted. As it is, others have replied to the nay-sayers much more eloquently than I’m currently able to during our nocturnal tropical heatwave . . . so all I’ll say, Petite, is what anyone can wish for: happiness, and that it all works out.

By: anna

anna — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:19:02 +0000

God, Clare, I can think of at least four other very happy couples I know personally, not counting Stuart and Krissa.

It’s really a little odd.

Sorry, getting off-topic.

Go infidelity!
Boo to infidelity!
Other such arguments!

I continue to adore your writing, Petite.

By: jin-ah

jin-ah — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:18:05 +0000

To people who would criticize petite for having been the one to leave an unsatisfactory relationship, that’s a bit of double standard. If they were unhappy, it’s likely one or the other was eventually going to develop feelings elsewhere and/or leave; you can’t keep the human heart in a cage forever. And it wouldn’t have made Tadpole any happier having bitter, unhappy parents (spoken as a girl raised by parents who were together more out of convenience/circumstance than respect or love).

Petite just happened to be the luckier one who found love first. Best wishes with all of it, petite! :)