*The most exciting thing about He Said, She Said is wondering if we’ll still be married by the end of each post! We both write on the same topic but only get to read the other’s work after it’s published.* He said: Don’t tell anyone but I’m a sucker for moggies these days. She Said: … Read more
Sometimes where you stay on holiday is just a place to lay your head. It’s a place to keep the valuables safe you don’t want to carry around with you all day… though I did have a belt stolen from my hotel room in Prague once. Anyway, here are some hotels you’d want to spend … Read more
You know those occasional meals you have that, even as you’re eating them, you know you’ll remember them forever? That’s what happened to us in Pearl Beach recently. Pearl Beach is a little waterside town in the Central Coast of New South Wales, population 400 – give or take. These lucky few have on their … Read more
25 April is marked as Australia’s most important national day. Today is our remembrance day – ANZAC Day. It is our saddest day. The ANZACs – or the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps – began in 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand soldiers joined forces to fight in World War One. On this … Read more
Want to know a little bit about our wedding day? I was interviewed on the gorgeous Polka Dot Bride about some of our memorable moments from our wedding day. Our wedding day was the first time we had all of our family and favourite people in the one room. It rained like you wouldn’t believe … Read more
Aren’t phobias strange? Totally irrational and uncontrollable but non-the-less intriguing. I met a Taiwanese girl once who was terrified of chickens. Mrs Romance knows an Italian lady who is petrified of cheese. Cheese! And she’s not even dairy intolerant! Clothing buttons are also the source of many people’s phobias. We men don’t have phobias. No, … Read more
There are always rules. Never trust a thin chef, always trust a barber with bad hair, only ever eat white snow… for Valentine’s Day, there are rules just the same: you’re being judged today – don’t cock it up! You’re mission here is to earn brownie points. Here’s how I earned mine. The morning started … Read more
I’m really quite good at tying my shoe laces. I can do it almost without thinking. I can also cross the road safely and effectively… most of the time and I’m a star at making toast. Shopping, however, is not something I can do with perfunctory automation. Women can. You guys are great at it. … Read more
Ever get that feeling he’s really not happy while you peruse the aisles? Wonder what’s going through his mind as he slumps into one of what Mrs Romance calls the ‘glare chairs’. There’s a reason: we men like to feel involved. We love to have a mission. The idea of vague window shopping fills us … Read more
Have you ever swum with crocodiles? Have you ever lit a firework and held it in your hand? Are you partial to leaping from moving vehicles? No? Then you probably find shopping with your significant other quite a challenge. The threat of the department store used to send me into a panic tantrum, but careful … Read more