September 17, 2018 THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE

SHAKING MY HEAD! YUP--that's what I'm doing. This post is dedicated to ALL my friends out there who are "NEW" to dating--2018 style. WHAT A WORLD. First of all--you need to learn the LINGO out there OR you will feel like a FOOL:

1)  Bread crumbs are NOT for cooking ANYMORE. In 2018--people are BREAD CRUMBING--YUP--IT'S BECOME A GERUND. In dating terms this means communicating via a dating site BUT IT NEVER GOES ANYWHERE--GOT IT.  In layman's terms--it's stringing someone along for NO apparent reason. 

2) The  NOUN--ghost--has also been turned into  the gerund--GHOSTING--and it's NOT a good thing. If you have been ghosted--someone you think you have a "THING" with has stopped communication--blocked you--whatever. Apparently it's over and you're the LAST TO KNOW.

3)  Here's a goody--FUTURE FAKING. What the hell?? Okay--this is making fake plans with someone for a future date when YOU KNOW DAMN WELL THAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA SEE THAT PERSON AGAIN. 

4) The catfish is NO longer a SMELLY OILY fish because it's also become the gerund--CATFISHING.  This is a person who sets up a fake profile--not sure why. Maybe they are TROLLING and don't want to be caught. 

5 The submarine we see in the ocean--is NO longer-- it too has been turned into the gerund-- SUBMARINING. This is when someone shows interest--disappears for a while--and then reappears again. HHHUUUMMMMM.  

That's enough for today. There will be a test on Friday. SINK OR SWIM. 

You think you've got problems, poor Kate Matthews, one of the  main characters in Libby Page's first novel The Lido, hasn't had a date in forever. Kate moved to Brixton after graduation and has been living there for a few years. She's lonely, depressed and ridden with anxiety. After she is assigned by the local paper to cover the closing of the lido, the community pool, her world is forever changed. When she goes to the lido, she meets Rosemary Peterson, an 86 year old widow and life-long resident of Brixton. Rosemary has watched Brixton change tremendously over the years, but when she finds out that a developer wants close the lido, she takes action because the lido is much more than a pool to her. The lido has been a part of her life forever. It's where she learned to swim, met her husband, and it is where she found community and solace after his death. Kate and Rosemary become friends as they work together to keep the lido open. This is a fun, easy read of about 300 pages--3.5 mile run. This is a feel good story about the importance of friendship across generations. Enjoy!