Work
on Nov 16, 2009 in Fella plans job Today applied for a promotion. Regular readers may recall me mentioning that being promoted is one of my goals for this year. I’m very keen to seize this opportunity – not least as it's mid November after all! But I really do feel I deserve it an...

Six months
on Nov 15, 2009 in Fella health Relationships commitment It’s about 3:45am GMT on 16 November 2009, as I’m sitting here typing this on my laptop in the dark, bit of cheesy pop on the headphones. Fella is asleep, snoring quite loudly, bless ‘im, but I can’t sleep because I’ve been kept awake by my...

Edukation
on Nov 8, 2009 in plans job Thinking At the moment I’m pretty busy. That’s nothing new, of course; but squeezing in 50-plus hour weeks, my social life and of course my relationship with Fella is really tough sometimes. This week, for example, I have not less than 10 hour days, eveni...

November
on Nov 2, 2009 in Fella house friends weekend November already! I really am letting my blogging slide. It’s something I’ve noticed of other bloggers who have entered long term relationships; but as their blogs are better than mine the relative paucity of my posts is less of a loss.So, best s...

Domesticity
on Oct 27, 2009 in Fella sexuality Relationships My home-life has taken another bizarre twist. It seems The Gardener has moved in someone without telling me, and this person (working nights) has been here for some time entirely without my knowledge. A secret housemate. My day to day experience of d...

Trips
on Oct 26, 2009 in coming out Fella sexuality I’ve already hit on the place I would like to take Fella for his next birthday… New York! Well, it’s an idea. I’ve never been; and Fella apparently likes the place very much. And I have a year to plan for it.Of course, I still want to go to C...

Paris
on Oct 22, 2009 in Fella break holiday Well, I’ve been a lax little blogger, haven’t I? Fear not, gentle reader!! I have returned to Strumpetville from gay Paris and am ready to blog again…First things first; le trip.We travelled in the early afternoon from St Pancras; and I’ll be...

Mirror
on Oct 13, 2009 in Fella Relationships love commitment Conversation regarding baby photos:Fella: “you’re not allowed to see the ones where I’m drooling and looking dopey”.Mike: “well, to be fair I see THAT first thing every morning”.Fella sulks. Cheerful fairy congratulates himself on wit. Di...

Confession
on Oct 12, 2009 in Fella Trust Relationships I’ve been thinking for a short while about how to tell Fella about this blog. I love blogging – and I’m not going to stop – but I don’t really think I can justify him not knowing about me thinking out loud to the Universe at large about us...

Monogamy
on Oct 8, 2009 in sex Fella Relationships love commitment Fella and I are monogamous. It seems odd posting what must have appeared to be a given, but nevertheless; it is so.The real reason is that he insisted on it from the outset. His Rule. And very sensible he was too. However, I’ve always said I don’...