Even Hollywood wouldn't sell it If you could tell your younger self one thing what would it be?

“Don't cry over breakups, even Hollywood doesn't try to sell you a movie about Childhood Sweethearts.”

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Better to ask Mum A tiny tale about the state of the UK nation

“The magician makes you look at one hand which is disguising what is really happening in the other.”

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Aching Uterus A story about friendship and why as a parent you choose the battles you can win

“Oh my days she's adorable. Definitely no fanny flutters from Bradley though. Such a shame.”

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The Eulogy Tell people when they're alive what they mean to you. It means little to them when they're dead and can no longer hear you.

The L’s he'd tell you weren't losses, they were lessons and lessons are there to be learned.

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Always start low and aim high Two sisters with differing views on dating and finding love

“Can we stop referring to Ben as a drug?”

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The hundred to one shot You and a room full of 100 beautiful women. How would you find the 1?

“Why would the 100 most beautiful women in the world want anything to do with me?”

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A life of regrets? Why it's imperative you ignore anyone offering you advice about not living a life or regrets. Oh and keep your eyes up higher gentlemen.

You're either going in a box in the ground as food for the worms or you're about to go up in flames.

Why life's too short to worry about regrets

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If Van Gogh couldn't make it work What if we all had to spend 30 seconds to consider our thoughts before we spoke. Would we still say the words that first came into our head?

We used to revere the literary genius of say a Shakespeare or a Charles Dickens. Now what passes for entertainment is a group of twenty somethings sat around a pool.

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Welcome to London Kid Some conversations are not fit to be had in the confined space of the London Underground

You've tried the booze, the drugs, sex, shopping… nothing works. That little voice inside your head just won't shut up.

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A chance encounter If you want to get something of your chest, tell a stranger

He didn't need another 40 years of living like a Galápagos tortoise.

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A series of advice given as imaginary interviews Part I

“Don't cry over breakups, even Hollywood doesn't try to sell you a movie about Childhood Sweethearts.”

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Was it better in our day? The ramblings of a 40 plus something man about days gone past when he was growing up. Where they better times? Were they happier times?

If you hear a story about yourself and it's not going to count against your reputation but doesn't contain a grain of truth, just smile and keep people guessing.

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I think he's at the wrong meeting A short story about a best man's speech at a wedding he thought he'd never attend and put his money where his mouth is.

Adam's previous girlfriends combined as a team couldn't have spelled Mensa let alone be able to actually become a member.

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