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LIZ JONES’ S DIARY In which reality begins to bite By You Magazine - February 9, 2020 Now that we are officially engaged, and with David wanting to talk things through in person, I suggested meeting at the organic pub in Islington: my old haunt in happier days (why isn’t the stupid woman happy now?
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I can hear you ask), and where we had our first proper date. I was waiting for him at a table with t...
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I can hear you ask), and where we had our first proper date. I was waiting for him at a table with the three collies.
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I’d just tried to walk them on Highbury Fields, as I’d been to view a flat, but to my horror dis...
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I’d just tried to walk them on Highbury Fields, as I’d been to view a flat, but to my horror discovered all the parkland enclosed by railings is now a No Dog Zone, with a fine of £80 if you dare to take a dog inside. So. Back to the drawing board.
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Abbey Lossing at handsomefrank.com David turned up, in double denim, and started staring at me. ‘W...
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We ordered. After my raw cauliflower salad, I broached the subject....
Abbey Lossing at handsomefrank.com David turned up, in double denim, and started staring at me. ‘What?’ ‘Show me the ring!’ So I did.
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We ordered. After my raw cauliflower salad, I broached the subject....
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We ordered. After my raw cauliflower salad, I broached the subject.
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‘Where would we get married?’ ‘Somewhere small. I don’t want to invite anyone.’ ‘But what about your son and his wife?
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And your best friend and his wife?’ ‘OK,’ he said. ‘Four guests each. Somewhere in North Yorkshire?’ ‘No!’ I said.
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‘How about The Pig hotel in Cornwall?’ ‘Isn’t Cornwall a bit far?’ This is someone who dro...
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We could just cross out the date with a pen.’ I am not wholly sure he was joking. Then I asked him...
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‘How about The Pig hotel in Cornwall?’ ‘Isn’t Cornwall a bit far?’ This is someone who drove to France for a party. ‘No! But everyone would have to pay their own way: I’m not making that mistake again.’ ‘OK.’ Then he said, ‘I still have the Save the Date cards from last time I asked you to marry me.
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We could just cross out the date with a pen.’ I am not wholly sure he was joking. Then I asked him, ‘Where would we live?’ Him: ‘Well, you won’t want me living with you in the Dales, will you?’ Me: ‘No. I don’t think I could stand it, being the only entertainment on offer for 250 miles.
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And remember, you have a cat, and Gracie is not safe around cats. The cottage is too small to be able to keep them apart. I would constantly be anxious.’ Him: ‘Well, what about if you get a flat in London?
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I could move there.’ I had visions of getting to London after a six-hour drive to find a dirty lit...
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‘But you said you’d never give up your flat,’ I said. ‘I’d be nervous, as I’ve been made...
I could move there.’ I had visions of getting to London after a six-hour drive to find a dirty litter tray and laundry everywhere; he’s a bit Greta Thunberg about tumble dryers. There are so many stiff pairs of Levi’s on radiators, his flat is like the bottom half of a Van der Graaf Generator concert, circa 1971.
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‘But you said you’d never give up your flat,’ I said. ‘I’d be nervous, as I’ve been made homeless before, and what if it all goes wrong? But I think I’d be willing to give it up.
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Then I could help with the rent.’ That was a first. That he’d give up his flat. We finished dinn...
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Then I could help with the rent.’ That was a first. That he’d give up his flat. We finished dinner.
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I got the bill (over £100! For raw cauliflower!), and we drove south of the river.
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I unloaded the puppies and my bag and went into the bathroom to lay out my cosmetics and creams and ...
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I unloaded the puppies and my bag and went into the bathroom to lay out my cosmetics and creams and brushes as I always do: as if I am about to perform open heart surgery. No light.
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Then I went into the kitchen to pour myself some wine. No light. Then I noticed, on the counter, the...
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Then I went into the kitchen to pour myself some wine. No light. Then I noticed, on the counter, the empty pouches of dog food from when I had fed the puppies over a week ago.
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God, when I think of all the hoops I jump through when he comes to stay with me! ‘David? Why did y...
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God, when I think of all the hoops I jump through when he comes to stay with me! ‘David? Why did you not throw these in the bin?’ And then he said something strange.
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‘I wasn’t sure what they were.’ Who, without a job, spends over a week in a tiny flat and doesn’t investigate three empty pouches of organic dog food? I let the dogs out into his ‘garden’, which is worse than ever.
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‘I’m rewilding it,’ was his excuse. I started to worry.
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Do I want to clean up after someone for the next 20 years? Or nag them?...
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Do I want to clean up after someone for the next 20 years? Or nag them?
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Or be responsible for booking hotels and organising a flat? I was so depressed, I couldn’t sleep that night.
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The next day, I had breakfast with a female colleague in a trendy new place on Piccadilly. It was full of go-getters all eating avocado and brokering deals.
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This is the London I love. Not the dreary suburbs. I told my friend David’s kitchen has a tree gro...
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This is the London I love. Not the dreary suburbs. I told my friend David’s kitchen has a tree growing through the window.
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‘You need to compromise a bit,’ she said wisely. A huge part of me wants to rescue him, like a partially squashed hedgehog at the side of the road. But I’m not sure I can be bothered.
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