I’m a freelance copywriter, ex-mayonnaise eater (I now only eat the fake, no fat kind because middle age is harsh AF) and general positivity lover. I have always been striving to live my best life and was convinced that by my age, and as a parent, a largely reliable bill payer and someone who has had a driving license since before you had to take a theory test, I would feel like a proper grownup. I’m beginning to suspect that I never will.
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PROPER GROWNUPTrigger warning: references to sexual abuse, questioning sexuality, and a lifelong obsession with Fatima Whitbread. Also warning that this is a looooong post. Everyone’s story is different and every life, every single story, is valid. This is just mine. I’ve always been very open about being bi, and then pansexual once that label was made…
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PROPER GROWNUPAs I was searching for the scoop in my new tub of collagen powder this morning, I was reminded of those sawdust lucky dips you used to get at school fetes. Digging your hands through a barrel of soft powder to find a toy, sweet or even a wrapped present was so exciting, and dusting…
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PROPER GROWNUPMy dad is dying. This hasn’t exactly come as a shock. He has diabetes, Alzheimer’s and cancer, so we knew it was coming. He is only 71. It all started about 5 years ago, he seemed to be getting forgetful. He’d gloss over it, but soon it became apparent that it was getting worse. Then…
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PROPER GROWNUPI was chatting to a friend last night who’s starting a new business. She was worried that people on social media would judge her for posting too much, posting the wrong thing, or not like what she posted. I hate that she feels like that when she should be celebrating doing something cool and feeling…
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PROPER GROWNUPHi. My name is Beth and I don't drink. My love of alcohol began in my teens. Like loads of other rebellious kids in my year I'd save up my dinner money and then, on a Friday night, ask some poor unsuspecting bloke outside the corner shop to grab me a bottle of lambrusco (classy)…
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PROPER GROWNUPLove and belonging sits right slap bang in the middle of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. We hear a lot about love (snore, I’m over it) but what is belonging, love’s even lesser understood cousin? And how do we find this thing that is supposed to be so crucial to our motivation and contentment as a…
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