Like a lot of people, when lockdown in England became official all that time ago in March, I thought to myself ‘this probably won’t last that long’. When May came around and I was celebrating a virtual birthday for my best friend, I thought ‘okay, this has been a while, but I’ll be fine. My birthday
I’m about six months into my second pregnancy and baby is extremely active! I’m wondering if this is indicative of how active they will be once outside the womb. One of my favourite and most exciting parts of pregnancy is the baby shopping! I mean, I love shopping in general- self-proclaimed shopaholic over here- and
Hi Housemates (is that the collective noun for a group of House 21 bloggers?!), and welcome to a brand-new feature! I hope that this will be a regular thing, so I better introduce myself – I’m Charlotte, I’m 25, and live in Warwickshire. By day, I’m a journalist, and in my free time I can
Dear Donna, Recently, I started chatting to a man on Twitter who I have known for a while. We have one thing in common in that we both support Liverpool Football Club and that subject was what started us DMing each other. Things seemed to be going well at first, he seemed decent and
Dear Donna, An anonymous question for you… Has my ‘friends with benefits’ situation got out of hand? I am in a situation that I would never have dreamed that I would get into. I am seeing a man who is double my age. He is 60 I am 30. It all started as a
*Disclaimer – be prepared to see the word ‘shielding’ a hella of a lot in this post Ladies and gentlemen, I’m here to tell you, shielding stinks. I’ve been shielding and in lockdown for such a long time now that I can feel myself going a bit crazy. I think people have spent less
Dear Donna, After separating from my husband, I started dating again at the end of last year. It took so much to put myself out there and trust someone new after nine years of marriage but I was very lucky in that I met someone almost straight away. We got on amazingly and dated
Lockdown has been a scary experience for so many people. My partner has been furloughed from work in the hospitality industry and at the moment we aren’t sure if he even has a job to go back to. My school aged children are missing valuable months of learning. I have one son in year 8
Dear Donna, Absolutely loving the podcast and all things House 21 at the moment. You have been keeping me positive throughout lockdown so thank you. I’m writing to you as I feel at a loss as to what I should do about my boyfriend’s parents. Yesterday he and I were on our weekly Sunday visit
With a lot more people having discussions surrounding racism and the Black Lives Matter Movement, I decided that I wanted to open up my own discussion by sharing some of my personal experiences growing up as a mixed raced woman. I have often struggled with what to say and how to say it, and I
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We don’t want to let Coronavirus stop all the fun, so instead of our monthly meet-ups, we’re going to host...
We don’t want to let Coronavirus stop all the fun, so instead of our monthly meet-ups, we’re going to host...
Like a lot of people, when lockdown in England became official all that time ago in March, I thought to myself 'this probably won't last that long'. When May came around and I was celebrating a virtual birthday for my best friend, I thought 'okay, this has been a while, but I'll be fine. My birthday isn't until July - lockdown…
I'm about six months into my second pregnancy and baby is extremely active! I'm wondering if this is indicative of how active they will be once outside the womb. One of my favourite and most exciting parts of pregnancy is the baby shopping! I mean, I love shopping in general- self-proclaimed shopaholic over here- and baby items make no exception.…
Hi Housemates (is that the collective noun for a group of House 21 bloggers?!), and welcome to a brand-new feature! I hope that this will be a regular thing, so I better introduce myself – I’m Charlotte, I’m 25, and live in Warwickshire. By day, I’m a journalist, and in my free time I can be found with my two…
Dear Donna, Recently, I started chatting to a man on Twitter who I have known for a while. We have one thing in common in that we both support Liverpool Football Club and that subject was what started us DMing each other. Things seemed to be going well at first, he seemed decent and there was a little flirting…
Dear Donna, An anonymous question for you… Has my 'friends with benefits' situation got out of hand? I am in a situation that I would never have dreamed that I would get into. I am seeing a man who is double my age. He is 60 I am 30. It all started as a bit of fun and a…
*Disclaimer - be prepared to see the word 'shielding' a hella of a lot in this post Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to tell you, shielding stinks. I've been shielding and in lockdown for such a long time now that I can feel myself going a bit crazy. I think people have spent less time in prison than I…
Dear Donna, After separating from my husband, I started dating again at the end of last year. It took so much to put myself out there and trust someone new after nine years of marriage but I was very lucky in that I met someone almost straight away. We got on amazingly and dated for about a month, before…
Lockdown has been a scary experience for so many people. My partner has been furloughed from work in the hospitality industry and at the moment we aren’t sure if he even has a job to go back to. My school aged children are missing valuable months of learning. I have one son in year 8 and another in year 1.…
Dear Donna, Absolutely loving the podcast and all things House 21 at the moment. You have been keeping me positive throughout lockdown so thank you. I’m writing to you as I feel at a loss as to what I should do about my boyfriend’s parents. Yesterday he and I were on our weekly Sunday visit to his parents’ place for…
With a lot more people having discussions surrounding racism and the Black Lives Matter Movement, I decided that I wanted to open up my own discussion by sharing some of my personal experiences growing up as a mixed raced woman. I have often struggled with what to say and how to say it, and I think honestly that stems from…