Oh don't worry, I'm not offended. It takes a lot to offend me. I know not all men are really blokey and even some blokey blokes are nice - my little definition was a bit stereotypical as some Brits just say 'bloke' to mean 'man', except that these are the images that the slang word creates.
Some of my nicest friends are American and the American men I know seem on the whole to be less 'blokey' than British men.
X got drunk at BIL's house last year, lost consciousness and later woke up wearing a full length black coat but with no clothes on underneath, lying face down on the floor, and he couldn't remember where his clothes were, who the coat belonged to or why he was on BIL's hall floor.
He told me about it as if it was hilarious, and that isn't the only time either. He's well into his drunken escapades, pool matchs, football and pubs. I think it's a British thing - although I reckon Americans are more into meat and steaks than we are.
My railway cottage had a railway line right out the front and another two lines running round the back, so it was sandwiched between 3 lines. It was 1860 with no heating and I LOVED it there. Happiest 4 years of my life in that cottage.
Yes I agree it's sad when 2 people love each other and can't be together. I feel I've done everything I can and all I can do is try and be peace maker. Sometimes if you can't help someone grow you have to let them go so you don't hold up their growth.
Maybe it will work out, probably it won't. All I know is, he will have a place in my heart for the rest of my life and I will in his - but I'm not sure we are marriage material anymore.
