..we Were Always Taught, Instead Of Waiting

..we Were Always Taught, Instead Of Waiting To Be Swept Off Our Feet, To 'expect Little, Forgive Much'.

It's Amazing How Much Time And Money Can Be Saved In The World Of Dating By Close Attention To Detail. A White Sock Here, A Pair Of Red Braces There, A Gray Slip-on Shoe, A Swastika, Are As Often As Not All One Needs To Tell You There's No Point In Writing Down Phone Numbers And Forking Out For Expensive Lunches Because It's Never Going To Be A Runner.

When Someone Leaves You, Apart From Missing Them, Apart From The Fact That The Whole Little World You've Created Together Collapses, And That Everything You See Or Do Reminds You Of Them, The Worst Is The Thought That They Tried You Out And, In The End, The Whole Sum Of Parts Adds Up To You Got Stamped Reject By The One You Love. How Can You Not Be Left With The Personal Confidence Of A Passed Over British Rail Sandwich?

I Made My Excuses And Left, Thinking, Really, After A Certain Age, People Are Just Going To Do What They're Going To Do And You're Either Going To Accept Them As They Are Or You're Not.

I'd Always Hoped To Write The Story As A Novel, But There Was A Long Period When The [bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries] Movie Was Stalled And In Confusion. I Felt Frustrated Creatively, And Just Couldn't Work On The Baby Material Till The Movie Was Sorted Out.