Jack Monroe #42

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Chin up. It’s awful.

Some stuff happened to me that I won’t speak publicly about. Yet.

But the last 9 months have been awful. I ended up on sleeping medication. I had to give up work for a bit. It affects your whole life. As you know.

The gang I crossed tend to pick on single women. I live alone.

The hardest part for me has been keeping it secret from my brother. We are close and he would worry.

I didn’t go out once last year socially apart from with my mum. I couldn’t. Work. Gym. Sleep. That’s all I could cope with.

But before lockdown I went on a few nights out with people who know nothing about it.

It’s been good to feel like me and not me who has been stalked.

I don’t know if I will ever feel like me again but one day I hope to.
Sometimes I forget how far I’ve come because 9 months ago was horrific

Keep battling. You will get there. I’m a big believer in the truth always coming out in the end.
 
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I don't want to go on about it too much but obviously I've spoken briefly here about my stalker trying to kill me. I got a massive amount of help from Paladin Services and would recommend contacting them. My situation was quite different to those already mentioned as the perp was well known to me, but I think Paladin would still be able to support. There is so little actual help, and it can seem like you're so alone with it all.
 
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Good old Lesdoh accent over here. It's not as pronounced as most but people do get confused by it Also, my sister is very fair skinned and I'm quite dark in features (hair, eyes, slightly olive-y skin etc) Same mum, same dad. It does happen Jack.
Accent aside - are you me? My poor sister, who is very white white, went through an unfortunate fake tan phase as a teenager after people at work kept commenting on how pale she was. Myself, I've had arguments with people over my ethnicity, with people from that cultural group - 'but you must be' (I am not) Our brother is somewhere in the middle. My aunty is also different coloured to my mum, to the point when she was dating her husband, who is Lebanese, she would get compliments on her English! This was much nicer than the truly awful slurs she'd get at uni, which I won't repeat.

For triangulation purposes, sort of oval, and not sure on scent, but if you can produce some Lynx Java, I'll hand myself over!
 
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But is his skin too big for his hands though
 
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I reckon she'd just smell of bonjela and some weird concoction she'd made out of lemon (FANCY) household cleaner to save on buying perfume
 
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One of her recipes I've seen was corned beef bolognese, using 2 tins of corned beef which is either the same price as, or more expensive than, minced beef, Where's the logic?
 
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Fucking YES. Thank you!
Are these recs for me or my son? Or both ? Apart from the gate to women’s country?
I tbink all but the Gate to Women's Country are appropriate for your son!
Some are YA, some aren't, but they are all amazing imho (I'm 32)
 
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One of her recipes I've seen was corned beef bolognese, using 2 tins of corned beef which is either the same price as, or more expensive than, minced beef, Where's the logic?
There is none, she's just assuming poor people eat corned beef and not mince, oh the irony
 
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I love this Tattle book club! I've been making notes. My eldest is quite advanced for her age and has just finished the 4 Hunger Games books. I've had a few raised eyebrows over it (she's 8) but I can't exactly force her to read Rainbow Magic or whatever. Anyway, I read whatever I wanted when I was a kid and it's not like I'm going around lusting after old politicians and almost shagging comedians round by the bins ffs.
 
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