About

  1. I have something to say. It’s Like It Is
  2. Britgirl describes me pretty well
  3. I was born in England, grew up in London, England and now live in Toronto
  4. I’m very candid and independent minded
  5. I have lived in Canada for seven years
  6. I think living abroad has made me feel even more British
  7. I really enjoy my life in Toronto
  8. I was born on January 22nd
  9. I love Toronto and I’ve made many friends here
  10. I love rollerblading and cycling
  11. I moved to Toronto two years after meeting my husband
  12. We met through Match.com, nine years ago
  13. I was living in London. He was living in Toronto
  14. I was against a long distance relationship – until we met
  15. We married three years later in London, England
  16. We are a true Internet success story
  17. People we meet are always fascinated with the story of how we met
  18. Without the internet we would never have met
  19. We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on May 31st 2008
  20. We got married in England on the hottest day for over 20 years
  21. I have five brothers and sisters. I’m the eldest
  22. They all live in England, we visit every year if we can
  23. I’ve always been closer to my brother than my sisters
  24. My husband has two older sisters who are 12 and 10 years older than he is
  25. I have two nieces and a new nephew
  26. I have lots of cousins
  27. I have several aunts and uncles
  28. My parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer
  29. I’m a business executive and professional copywriter
  30. We have no pets and don’t want any
  31. My husband and I chose not to have children. Yes, really.
  32. We are child-free, not childless, thank you
  33. For the record, we like children, we just don’t want any
  34. Our decision is seen as strange – by many people. Usually strangers.
  35. I feel passionately that having children is a choice
  36. I think that most people don’t ever consider they have a choice
  37. Some have told us we don’t have a choice.. the church for example.
  38. Screw that
  39. I stopped going to church several years ago
  40. I was scared I was losing my ability to think for myself
  41. My faith remains important to me
  42. Most of my family will never really understand my not wanting children
  43. I’m content they simply accept it
  44. I’ve never felt the need to be a mother
  45. No-one has ever explained to me exactly why I need to be a mother, just that I should be one
  46. I think there is a gulf between women with children and the child-free
  47. I believe that our thoughts shape our lives
  48. I think kindness is the most wonderful virtue and often underrated
  49. I know the Law of Attraction works
  50. I’ve had some amazing results and I’ve recorded them
  51. I am a gadget nut addict and love to have the latest
  52. I meditate most days, it keeps me balanced
  53. I love clothes. I really, really love clothes.
  54. I have countless pairs of shoes and jackets. And jeans.
  55. I like the people I work with
  56. I’m not getting a tattoo
  57. Ive been called a clothes horse
  58. I believe if you don’t like your job, you should find one that you do
  59. I believe if you stay in a job you don’t like, you shouldn’t complain
  60. I love old films and t.v. shows
  61. Unfortunately I also love schlocky disaster films
  62. I love old WWII and British period films
  63. I love documentaries
  64. Between us my husband and I have over 1,300 500 DVDs
  65. They include films, documentaries and t.v. shows
  66. We watch very little actual t.v.
  67. Six Feet Under is one of my all-time favourite t.v shows
  68. The Wire is one of the best shows ever.
  69. I have too many favourite songs to name just one
  70. When I was little I was known as a bookworm
  71. I read every Enid Blyton book that was in print
  72. I have a couple of books on the go at any one time
  73. I’m an avid list maker.
  74. I’m very focused
  75. I have an Honours degree in French and Portuguese
  76. I’m very adventurous, but a calculated risk taker
  77. I love travelling
  78. Moving to Canada was a risk worth taking
  79. I took a chance and completely changed my life
  80. I had a great and successful life in London
  81. I believe that’s why I have a successful life in Canada
  82. I have two homes – England and Canada
  83. I have a very dry sense of humour
  84. What I miss most about England is the British sense of humour
  85. I find it hard to tolerate fools
  86. I have an MBA
  87. I find small-talk banal, but necessary for many social events
  88. I love meeting interesting people
  89. My goal in learning to play Poker was to keep a “poker face”
  90. I am a photography enthusiast
  91. I play in two poker groups, a ladies one and a guy’s one
  92. I play squash and have been in a house league for 6 years
  93. I play pool and would love to be better at it. I would be if I practiced
  94. I hate injustice, unfairness, impolite people, racist people and dissemblers
  95. I’m afraid that our rights to free speech are slowly being eroded
  96. I think that political correctness sometimes borders on the bizarre
  97. I sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the human misery in our world
  98. I dislike arrogant, impolite, pompous twerps. Ignorant ones too
  99. I am trying to do my little bit where I can
  100. I wonder how long it’d take to write another 100 things about me…

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Nicky May 9, 2011 at 2:03 pm

Whatever.

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