Salima Saxton

Thank you. So, it was Valentine's Day. My husband, Carl, came into the sitting room and he closed the door He was wearing a big, thick winter coat, even though it was quite mild outside. And he was shivering. He was trembling. I didn't recognize him. Something terrible has happened, he said. My husband, Carl, is a coper. He is a man with a plan. If you want someone on your team, pick Carl.

Thank you. So, it was Valentine's Day. My husband, Carl, came into the sitting room and he closed the door He was wearing a big, thick winter coat, even though it was quite mild outside. And he was shivering. He was trembling. I didn't recognize him. Something terrible has happened, he said. My husband, Carl, is a coper. He is a man with a plan. If you want someone on your team, pick Carl.

Thank you. So, it was Valentine's Day. My husband, Carl, came into the sitting room and he closed the door He was wearing a big, thick winter coat, even though it was quite mild outside. And he was shivering. He was trembling. I didn't recognize him. Something terrible has happened, he said. My husband, Carl, is a coper. He is a man with a plan. If you want someone on your team, pick Carl.

He's an oak tree. Then he said, I just can't do this anymore. Whatever I do, it is never enough. He had a business. He has a business. He'd been navigating it through COVID, through Brexit, through all of it. And I'm embarrassed to admit right now that I just kind of got used to him being stressed all the time. I barely saw it anymore. And then he added, do you love me? Can you still love me?

He's an oak tree. Then he said, I just can't do this anymore. Whatever I do, it is never enough. He had a business. He has a business. He'd been navigating it through COVID, through Brexit, through all of it. And I'm embarrassed to admit right now that I just kind of got used to him being stressed all the time. I barely saw it anymore. And then he added, do you love me? Can you still love me?

He's an oak tree. Then he said, I just can't do this anymore. Whatever I do, it is never enough. He had a business. He has a business. He'd been navigating it through COVID, through Brexit, through all of it. And I'm embarrassed to admit right now that I just kind of got used to him being stressed all the time. I barely saw it anymore. And then he added, do you love me? Can you still love me?

Because sometimes I just think it would be better if I wasn't here anymore. I met Carl when I was 22 in the waiting room of an audition room for a Bollywood film. Neither of us got the part. I asked him for the time as a really spurious reason to talk to him because he was simply the most handsome man I'd ever seen in my life. On our first date, I asked him if he wanted children over the starter.

Because sometimes I just think it would be better if I wasn't here anymore. I met Carl when I was 22 in the waiting room of an audition room for a Bollywood film. Neither of us got the part. I asked him for the time as a really spurious reason to talk to him because he was simply the most handsome man I'd ever seen in my life. On our first date, I asked him if he wanted children over the starter.

Because sometimes I just think it would be better if I wasn't here anymore. I met Carl when I was 22 in the waiting room of an audition room for a Bollywood film. Neither of us got the part. I asked him for the time as a really spurious reason to talk to him because he was simply the most handsome man I'd ever seen in my life. On our first date, I asked him if he wanted children over the starter.

I cried over the main course. I am a crier. And over dessert, I very optimistically asked him for a second date. Miraculously, he agreed. And six weeks later, he asked me to marry him. The following summer, we were married in a London registry office, me in a red vintage dress, him in an ill-fitting suit, but he still looked really handsome. We cobbled together a reception at a pub down the road.

I cried over the main course. I am a crier. And over dessert, I very optimistically asked him for a second date. Miraculously, he agreed. And six weeks later, he asked me to marry him. The following summer, we were married in a London registry office, me in a red vintage dress, him in an ill-fitting suit, but he still looked really handsome. We cobbled together a reception at a pub down the road.

I cried over the main course. I am a crier. And over dessert, I very optimistically asked him for a second date. Miraculously, he agreed. And six weeks later, he asked me to marry him. The following summer, we were married in a London registry office, me in a red vintage dress, him in an ill-fitting suit, but he still looked really handsome. We cobbled together a reception at a pub down the road.

A chef friend of ours made a big chocolate cake, and we bought tons of boxed wine from a cash and carry. So on my side, my family, there was my dad... very angry because I'd walked myself down the aisle. There were my extended family, the Buddhists, the Amnesty International members, the liberals, the very earnest guests. On the other side was Carl's family. They were different.

A chef friend of ours made a big chocolate cake, and we bought tons of boxed wine from a cash and carry. So on my side, my family, there was my dad... very angry because I'd walked myself down the aisle. There were my extended family, the Buddhists, the Amnesty International members, the liberals, the very earnest guests. On the other side was Carl's family. They were different.

A chef friend of ours made a big chocolate cake, and we bought tons of boxed wine from a cash and carry. So on my side, my family, there was my dad... very angry because I'd walked myself down the aisle. There were my extended family, the Buddhists, the Amnesty International members, the liberals, the very earnest guests. On the other side was Carl's family. They were different.

There was a man called Mickey Four Fingers whose name really explains the man. There was a group of ex-cons whose gold jewellery competed for attention with their gold teeth. And then there was his dear dementia-ridden mum, Pat. She'd actually been a getaway driver for her naughty brothers in the 80s.

There was a man called Mickey Four Fingers whose name really explains the man. There was a group of ex-cons whose gold jewellery competed for attention with their gold teeth. And then there was his dear dementia-ridden mum, Pat. She'd actually been a getaway driver for her naughty brothers in the 80s.

There was a man called Mickey Four Fingers whose name really explains the man. There was a group of ex-cons whose gold jewellery competed for attention with their gold teeth. And then there was his dear dementia-ridden mum, Pat. She'd actually been a getaway driver for her naughty brothers in the 80s.

She was an amazing woman, but now she just called everybody darling, very, very charmingly, but mainly because she didn't really know where she was or who any of us were. So it was a joyous, it was a sad, it was an awkward, it was a stressful occasion, and it made both of us yearn for elders that could be there to hold our hands in such big life events.

She was an amazing woman, but now she just called everybody darling, very, very charmingly, but mainly because she didn't really know where she was or who any of us were. So it was a joyous, it was a sad, it was an awkward, it was a stressful occasion, and it made both of us yearn for elders that could be there to hold our hands in such big life events.