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    Office Party!

    December 9, 2005March 30, 2025
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    I navigate the world of awkward office bashes, plastic golf club tournaments, and more – swapping dates to the friend drama, it’s a riot of office-masti.

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    Office Capers: Shifty Shifting

    December 6, 2005March 30, 2025
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    Embark on a hilarious journey into the world of office hoarding! From forgotten pens to outdated discount coupons, join the treasure hunt in shifting offices.

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    Home & Identity | WorkSpace

    Dream Workspace

    November 30, 2005March 4, 2023
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    Someday I will have an office like this: A big desk made of the light-coloured wood…no clue what its called. A little pot of flowers…no, not cut out of bouquets by housekeeping, but grown and tended to by me. Big yellow flowers…zarberas or African daisies I think they’re called. And…

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    Map Of Emotion

    A Rational Kind Of Empty

    November 27, 2005March 4, 2023
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    For ten years I have believed that I was in love. Mad, wild, passionate, head-throbbing, nerve-searing love. And in love with someone who didn’t love me. Or care for me. Or respect me. Or even treat me as a human being. Recently I met someone else who made me feel…

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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    Screen Soul Sisters: Bridget Jones, Ally McBeal & SATC

    November 27, 2005January 1, 2024
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    Bridget Jones, Ally McBeal & the girls of SATC embody the real struggles of modern urban single women – juggling work, relationships, and societal expectations.

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    Tuesday Trauma

    November 24, 2005March 30, 2025
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    I used to think Mondays were bad. Looks like Tuesday has picked up the bad behaviour of Monday, from being in such close proximity to it. Midnight: Set an alarm on mobile phone a full hour earlier so I can get to the early morning conference on time. 7:10: Ohmygosh….the…

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    I Swear…

    November 20, 2005March 4, 2023
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    Now and then I am rather startled when one of my close girlfriends speaks her mind. Of course that is THE point of a ladies’ night out, girl talk, female bonding yada yada yada. Still, it comes as something straight between your eyes when Ms.Dignified-to-the-point-of-being-Bronze statue-ed-almost or ‘Sweet n’ giggly…

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    Let’s talk about EX, baby!

    November 16, 2005March 4, 2023
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    I’ve written so much about my exes…mournful ramblings, sorrowful poetry and nasty comments in between posts. Now here’s a post dedicated to the people who were once close to me. After all, I keep making snide references to them as an undesirable species but well…some of them were human….almost. There…

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    Platonic Friendships: Can Men & Women Be Just Friends?

    November 13, 2005January 1, 2024
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    Unveiling the truth: Can men and women be friends? Delve into boundaries, trust, and the male perspective on platonic relationships.

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    The Better Friend – Man Or Woman?

    November 2, 2005April 14, 2024
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    Friends of Women:A wife was not at home for a whole night. So she tells her husband, the very next morning, that she stayed at her (girl) friend’s apartment overnight. So the husband calls 10 of her best (girl) friends and none of them confirm that she was with them….

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  • IdeaSmith on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “@Soumya: Thank you for reading and commenting. Yes, I’ve had a good male role model. Unfortunately for me, I’ve encountered…”
  • IdeaSmith on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “@krist0ph3r: ‘Judgement as mental shorthand’ is a great way to look at it. It’s narrow to think of judgementalism as…”
  • Soumya on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “Hi Ramya, Firstly, my congratulations on a well written post. It didn’t pull its punches. Secondly, it was lovely to…”
  • krist0ph3r on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “Wow, that was a lot to process and at some point it got too much for me to handle reading.…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Sid: Oh god, you’re right.”
  • Sid on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “I think the Poser Reader sentiment also comes from the branding reading as a hobby has had. Successful people say…”
  • Topher on Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry: “I too struggle greatly with problematic people who make great things. As a child Bill Cosby brought YEARS of joy…”
  • IdeaSmith on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “@XXfan: Yes, it appears to be a legal requirement for the hospital to show the removed parts to kin, probably…”
  • Xxfan on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “I experience with hysterectomy made me more mature.my mom had to have a hysterectomy.this was my first experience handling everything…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Slogan Murugan: Indeed. Books were always fascinating but this year has been about the people and spaces around books as…”

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