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What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Busisiwe Ledibane

Busisiwe Ledibane, 22 The other day I went to my little cousin’s school and came across two little girls on the way to the bathroom. As I entered the staff toilets, they approached the door and one said, “You’re not allowed in there.” “I’m not a child,” I responded, trying not to sound hostile, although I ended up sounding hostile anyway. My mom came to my rescue and said to them, “She’s 23, my darlings.” [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-24T10:00:21+02:00February 24th, 2014|and other animals., change the world, friends and enemas, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|10 Comments

Marriage Year 4 : Meet Emma and Willie Cocklin

We got married 8 January 2011, 4 days before my 24th birthday and the wedding was amazing! I worked like crazy to ensure we got everything we had dreamed on (at a serious budget) and could not have asked for more. After a fantastic 10 days of honeymoon we packed up our car and drove 1400km from ‘home’ to a completely different country where I had no job lined up and knew only my husband , 2 [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-23T21:30:06+02:00February 23rd, 2014|inspire-ations, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|4 Comments

What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Chantelle Finaughty

There’s always a fine line between helping/supporting your single friends, and trying to ‘fix’ your single friends. Too often, what is well meant on the part of the marrieds, is sometimes interpreted as them trying to fix their single friends as if they’re broken or unfulfilled. This is not to say that single people don’t need or want any help from you, because we very much need your support. Being single does not make me [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-22T16:21:01+02:00February 22nd, 2014|friends and enemas, inspire-ations, marriage, pain and Hope, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Marriage Year 2 : Meet Elaine and Dave Kim

We got married December 28, 2012 You may come upon a day, or days, in your marriage where you reach the end of yourself and may even dare to say aloud in an empty room: "I don't want to be married anymore." You might even say it twice so God knows to take you seriously. This might sound utterly shocking, or, utterly familiar. To the former I say, may you always get along and resolve conflicts well; please don't [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-22T03:01:59+02:00February 22nd, 2014|inspire-ations, love and chocolate, marriage, pain and Hope, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Pearls before Seuss

In honour of legendary South African comedienne and fellow improviser, Anne speak-like-Seuss Hirsch, another great Pearls before Swine strip: [For a Pearls Before Swine cartoon about dating fish, click here] [For some of my favourite Pearls before Swine strips, click here]

By brettfish|2014-02-21T05:33:18+02:00February 21st, 2014|humour'ish, silly things, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Marriage Year 2: Meet Emma and Gordon Whiley

Hey there, I’m Emma. Married to the very handsome Gordon for a year and a month. There are a million things I could write about being married but I thought I would focus on one thing we try and do every week that we find super-duper helpful. First though, who are ‘we’ you ask? The husband half of this team is Gordon, auditor-extraordinaire, dish-washing king, lover of all things cricket and Iron Man and devotee [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-20T21:16:25+02:00February 20th, 2014|inspire-ations, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|5 Comments

What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Craig Botha

This is Craig's adaptation of someone else's comments: Ten Things Your Single Friends (like me) Are Tired Of Hearing 1) “You’ll find it when you aren’t looking!” This is typically where your advice starts. ”It’ll come along when you least expect it,” is also “You’ll find it when you aren’t looking“ This is a ridiculous and retarded statement. We’re programmed to look for it. It’s in our genetic make-up, God make us this way. That’s [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-20T08:03:59+02:00February 20th, 2014|friends and enemas, inspire-ations, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|5 Comments

What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Intro

i was 35 when i got married and so i still feel like i have some kind of grasp and authority when it comes to speaking for/with the single community and definitely have a huge heart for them, especially those who are a little older and wanting to be married [as not all of them are - marriage is definitely not the end point finishing line of you-have-made-it'ness although it has too often been presented [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-20T07:59:32+02:00February 20th, 2014|friends and enemas, inspire-ations, marriage, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|11 Comments

Marriage Year 2: Meet Steven and Megan Cottam

The thing that we have been most struck by in our second year of marriage is the joy and importance of being united in common work, even at those times when we work separately. When we were dating and when we were engaged, we had these starry eyed visions of what it meant to live a common life together - sharing breakfasts and dinners together, laughing together the laugh of those-in-love while we did the [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-19T21:19:12+02:00February 19th, 2014|inspire-ations, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

my favorite verse: part Isaiah 40.27-31

Verse 31 of Isaiah 40 is a well-known muchly quoted one: Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint. Which is great and has become a huge source of strength and encouragement... BUT if you skip the lead up into that verse you miss out on so much more: Isaiah 40.27-31 [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-19T09:55:18+02:00February 19th, 2014|bible things, God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized, what i am reading|7 Comments