Tales Of Week 4 Of The Andie Chronicles And Her Breakup — Day 22: Tales Of Information Management And Gossip My phone vibrated furiously. It was James. He was calling, again and again until I answered. “Why doesn’t my key open the door?” I could hear him shout through the door until I addressed him. I unlocked the door. “Calm down,” I said, opening it and letting him in. …

The tangible actions of a man who really wants the best for you — This is going to be one of the most messed up articles I’ve ever written. Because for some reason, we women have to find partners who support us in our professional endeavours. It’s not given when a man likes you or loves or even commits to you. But we’ve got…

Tales Of Week 3 Of The Andie Chronicles And Her Breakup — Day 15: Tales Of Secret Conversations And Impending Doom James tells me his sleepover with GG and Taylor, my boyfriend’s brother, was completely innocent. “We didn’t have a threesome,” he keeps saying. I didn’t think it was GG’s thing to bring someone else into her bedroom. Not that my friend is possessive or anything like that. But she’s never…

Tales Of Week 2 Of The Andie Chronicles And Her Breakup — Day 8: Tales Of Re-gifting And Letting Go Of What Isn’t For You “I think I know where we’re going but just in case I’ve got it wrong, feel free to elaborate.” I didn’t realise I had got in the car with James and taken off without having explained anything. The poor man didn’t have the nerve to ask until we were over…

Welcome to the confronting realities of people management. — It won’t be long before my self-run business needs staff. And I’m losing sleep about one thing; happiness. Theirs, not mine. I know how I can make myself happy. …

Tales Of Week 1 Of The Andie Chronicles And Her Breakup — Day 1: Tales Of People Forgetting Your Birthday And Lovers Who Don’t Materialise Today is my birthday. And like all birthdays, it should be an amazing day. There should be metaphorical fireworks going off in my life. My loved ones, family, friends should be everywhere, celebrating with me, teasing me about reaching my mid-thirties, and showering me with happy memories.

Reflections of a contractual cheating — We all have an ardour for romance we understand. Relationship economy, by which everyone understands who gets what from the transaction. It’s all implicit, of course. Don’t mention the unsaid contractual obligations between two lovers. That would be eradicating the romance. You can’t win a relationship without that. This is…

Day 111 Of How To Move On From A Man — 1LD — If you’re new here to 1 Lovelock Drive, welcome! Let me fill you in on what you’ve missed. I’m Andie and my ex, Douglas, dumped me. This is my break-up, so to speak. Douglas is a power player in Melbourne, worth more than I could ever comprehend. I have no idea why we broke up. I work and live at 1 Lovelock Drive. There, my best friend James…

Day 110 Of How To Move On From A Man — 1LD — If you’re new here to 1 Lovelock Drive, welcome! Let me fill you in on what you’ve missed. I’m Andie and my ex, Douglas, dumped me. This is my break-up, so to speak. Douglas is a power player in Melbourne, worth more than I could ever comprehend. I have no idea why we broke up. I work and live at 1 Lovelock Drive. There, my best friend James…