I think you might be right, I'll put it down to unusual awkwardness. I wasn't looking for sympathy though, and I don't think I gave off that impression. It happened years ago and my six monthly check ups reassure me that it stays away. When I normally talk about it, I say how lucky I was because it gave me an…

Thank you, I guess I wasn't expecting the awkwardness. In my head I warped it into 'he is the expert in this position and he thinks that my tumor wasn't actually a tumor because it wasn't fully agressive, which is why he's not responding'. But you're right, maybe he was just awkward.

I wish I had now! Then I wouldn't have been making up reasons for his response. I think I'm only learning to be more assertive so it's not something that comes naturally.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I know I probably am thinking too much into it and I won't be able to figure out what he was thinking. It's just I've always been open about having it, because it's not something I am ashamed of and partially to also raise awareness, since I had some symptoms but had no idea it…

seconding the getting a cleaner! We just moved house last week and it's tiring enough without having to clean as well. We hadn't fully moved out when the cleaner came so she started on the bathroom while we cleared the kitchen. Maybe you could do something like that?

I have a question I have had at the back of my mind all day. I went to dinner yesterday with some friends of my boyfriend. I was sitting across from somebody who I had met twice before and has been very easy to talk to in the past. He specialises in genetics and was talking about how it's super rare to get cancer…

I agree! You look lovely!

I just did that!

You sound like an awesome parent. I never had somebody talk to me about drinking, and was oblivious of the risks I was taking when I got very drunk. Now I look back and realise that I was vulnerable and damn lucky nothing happened to me.

this article has got it all wrong. It should be about how pilots are becoming obsolete because of plane tv screens and fasten seatbelt signs.

My boyfriend helps the plane take off and stay in the air by staring intensely at the fasten seatbelt sign until it is switched off. You're also welcome.

They sound so rude, I'm sorry you are experiencing that. When I was younger, we used to have that with our English neighbours (I was living in Ireland, and they were really snobby and only socialised with other English people). They would refuse to say hello to me and the other kids. When I realised I'd never get a…

yup yup yup. Even just reading about these texts is making me feel bad for my former single self :(, even though none of those guys were a fraction as awesome as my partner.

She is such an awesome, inspirational woman.

ah, I was there recently. My thesis is 80% done but couldn't muster the energy to finish it so I deferred. However, you can do it! Just jump right into every day. The more you expose yourself to it, the less likely you are to procrastinate. At least that's what I found helped for me. Goodest of lucks!

I'm so sorry to hear that, working and studying is TOUGH! It's completely understandable that you're tired. I just postponed my thesis hand in by 4 months because I have been so tired. I have tried to learn to be kind to myself, to give myself treats and not to beat myself up if I don't get the work done in the time I…

I had a similar problem with my boyfriend and his friends when we first started dating.they were very cliquish and I would always feel left out of the conversations, and didn't feel like I could contribute because they'd talk about school. One of the times I was upset, and my boyfriend said they were afraid to talk to…

Argh, that sounds so scary! What part of Malaysia was it? I was in the Perhentians and was afraid when I was snorkelling that I'd get stung.

A similar thing happened to me while snorkelling in Malaysia! I was scared of jellyfish, my boyfriend told me to stop being a wuss and then we stuck our heads under the water and boom, we saw a reef shark very near us. I was expecting to see at least one on the snorkelling trip later in the day (because sharks only…

That's exactly what I want too. You have excellent taste in weddings.