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Thank you Nicollet, this is such a useful reply.

Guys, I have an embarassing story to tell. I made a stuff up today at work, I was serving a difficult client this afternoon and right at the end I didn't know where to schedule him for, there was no supervisor around to ask and so I put his matter for the wrong date. I only realised this just...

Thanks for your thoughts everyone! The festival (Woodford folk festival) has a pre-erected tent city so it might not be so bad.  I might just book one night and see how it goes.

Hi. I've got a dilemma.  There's a folk festival on near me that I've never been to and I would love to go.  But the thing is I've got no-one to go with me and I'm not totally sure that I'd enjoy it on my own. It's a camping deal and I've never camped before - I'm a bit out of my element there...

58 Voyager, I know how you feel with people lecturing you on what you should do.  "Fill your life, don't sit around moping, etc etc." These might be solutions that make your life look better from that person's point of view, but they don't solve the problem of your loneliness.  That's the...

If you feel like it means you're lonely, then there's an awful lot of lonely people out there! Sure that's partly it. But they exemplify awesome qualities that we can look up to, some of us maybe aspire to (I've given up on that long ago)_ I don't see any real harm in it. Just as long as you...

OK, here's a really pretty trivial incident for this forum.  I was in the shopping centre car park today, busier than usual as it's leading up to Christmas, and I did the stupid thing and rear ended somebody.  Really dumb, I was going really slowly and didn't even see it properly I just heard...

I saw a sign the other day that I loved.  It said - "Instead of a DO NOT DISTURB" sign on my door, I should put a sign that say "ALREADY DISTURBED - PROCEED WITH CAUTION!" Seriously, although we all have to make a little social effort at some point, people can't get to know the real you unless...

I've heard a few people say this and I just think it's a load of cr**.  If you can't have a platonic friend of the opposite sex you're not a fully rounded human being. Maybe when people say this they mean you can't be friends with someone you fancy which is a different thing and spot on.  But if...

Hey everybody.  I just wanted to unload on this forum about an incident that had a far reaching effect in my life. In high school when I was in year nine I got into a situation where I stood up for a couple of girls who were copping some racism and I got bullied for months over it. I would...

It sounds to me like you really want to get a full time job. I can relate to its being hard because I was looking for work for six months before I got the job I'm in now. All I can say is that if you keep looking then you WILL GET A JOB. Sometimes we have to accept that our options in life are...

Hey, I have a boss right now who called me into his office yesterday because he's not happy with the way I'm working. He's been there for about two weeks and reprimanded me over something I did (which was in fact in line with our established procedure). He can absolutely freeze you with one look...

Thanks everyone. Yeah, I didn't go back to this counsellor. He talked about how he got one of his male clients doing that and made it sound almost like a reasonable idea. But it's really not me. If I go back to counselling I think I might try a female one next time, and also somebody my...

I'm not comfortable with the idea of dating aggressively (like computer dating etc) and I'm just wondering what other people think. A while ago I went to see a counsellor (as part of a course) who advised me to approach strange guys IN THE STREET DURING THE DAY and ask them for a date. His...

This may seem like a weird topic, but it's a weird thing to be bothering me! Lately someone I know who does not particularly like my country has been venting a lot about all the things that are wrong with it. Some of the things he's saying hurt to listen to all the more because they've got a...

It works both ways though. If you're obligated not to judge them, then they're obligated not to judge you as well. I had an older brother who used to tease and put me down all the time, pretty normal except that normally it alternates between that and companionship. He would never speak to me...

Alone with 2 cats, I can understand that must have been hurtful for you! For a good friend to call you a stupid ***** like that! I'm not sure if I agree with the guy who said that fights like this are a part of relationships. I guess some people grew up in families who fought from time to...

No way, don't worry about it! It's normal to have crushes on TV/movie characters, cartoon characters are really no different. You might have to bear in mind though that people might get bored with you talking about them ad infinitum. But if everyone could tell you all the people they've ever...