About This Blog

Tired of Men…and other things that drive a twenty-something round the twist is the tale of a quirky Jamaican Chinese woman with a sometimes Irish accent, sometimes English accent, who has had more dodgy dates, boyfriends and chat-ups than she’s had hot dinners, often whilst tottering around on her beloved FMB's*. I write the blog because I'm fascinated by men and their entertaining and often bewildering quirks, plus I seem to have a lot of calamities and escapades that I wouldn't believe unless I wrote it down.

I juggle my bad taste with men, whilst living with a disease called sarcoidosis. At the time of writing this, I have had this inflammatory disease which affects my immune system and manifests itself in a variety of annoying ways throughout my body for almost 4 years. In August 2005, 2 months after coming off a year’s course of steroids and following that up with a flare up, I started doing kinesiology and then followed that up with acupuncture in February 2006 which has totally turned my illness around and given me a new lease of life and I have gone into remission. The blog has provided an outlet for highlighting my disease and also has brought me in contact with many other sufferers.

I also like to generally take the piss out of life, colleagues, stinking London commuters and my beloved friends and family and one day when I look back on this, I'll probably wonder why I haven't been locked away…

What makes someone start a blog? In my case, I read an article about blogging several months before I started up, filed it away for future reference and then forgot about it, till I went on yet another bad date with a Mr Nice Guy (otherwise known as PC Plod) who left me confused about dating and relationships as I stifled yawns and did almost all of the talking for the date. I woke up early the following morning and I felt compelled to start telling my tale. As I typed away I felt much better as I wrote down the hilarities of offending PC Plod with my piss-taking antics and explored my exasperation with the general female allergy to liking ‘Nice Guy’s’.

Prior to starting my blog, I had a chequered love life which consisted of a few dodgy boyfriends, multiple dodgy chat-ups and snogs, an ex-fiance now ‘fondly’ known as Mr Brown Suit, and a serious dose of unrequited love with Male Best Friend, who never did quite leave that girlfriend….Since starting my blog, I still have a chequered love life…and this blog has seen more ups and downs than a whore’s pair of knickers, but at time of writing this, I have achieved what I had become to believe was becoming a mighty feat, and I am loved up with the boyf in a proper relationship, living together and all that jazz.

I don't hate men, quite the contrary, but they're a strange species that entertain and bewilder me so often that I never run out of things to write about. I have contributed to several other blogs, and also run Baggage Reclaim, a no BS guide to single living, dating, relationships and man taming.

Updated 7th Nov 2006
*FMB's - F*ck Me Boots or Knee High Boots