Shauna - Part 1

I used to hang out with this group of grungers. There would always be new people coming and going every time we'd hook up.

Shauna was one of a group of four girls that came out with us one weekend. I liked her instantly, she'd a touch of Gwen Stefani and a touch of Dolores O'Riordan about her.

I tried to pull her in a clumsy, clueless teenage way that didn't work and much as I'd thought I'd blown it she told a mutual friend a few weeks later that she liked me.

This might have been that my clumsiness was sweet or that a king prick of our group was following her around most of that night asking her why she wouldn't go out with him. I suppose I looked good in comparison.

Julie - Part 1

First off this blog is intended to get a few things off my chest. I'll speak frankly about some of my ex-girlfriends and why the relationships didn't work out. I might not be the kindest to my exes but I won't be the kindest to myself either.

With that in mind let's start with one of my exes slap bang in the middle - Julie.

Julie was a high school relationship that you'll soon hear didn't make the distance.

I'd known Julie around high-school for a while before we started dating. I say a while but it was more like a few years. Anyway when we started hanging out in the same social group she was not long off dating a friend of mine called Peter. Me and Julie didn't hit it off to begin with. At least not then, we were very indifferent to each other for a few years, it was only when we were in the same social group that we didn't get on with each other.

I'll tell you more about what happened next another time.