Given the title of this Blog you would have thought I’d have mentioned the offspring that I am ‘Dad’ to. I would have got round to it sooner or later but today’s events mean I’ll do it a bit now.
I have twin daughters, Claire and Sarah. Claire is the eldest by 16 minutes. Their pictures on the home page may lead you to think they’re little girls, well, to me they probably always will be, but they are in fact 25 now. Me and their mum were always stupidly proud of both of them (but don’t tell them that or they might stop trying). Their mum, my wife of 40 years, died in 2021 after a ludicrously brave 15 year fight against breast cancer.
Both girls have done their university degrees, Sarah went to Norwich and a bit later Claire went to Preston. Sarah moved back home and took a couple of jobs to fill in time while hoping for something suitable to come up in Norwich, which it eventually did and she’s now living back there doing something she really loves. Can’t really hope for much better than that.
While she was in Preston, Claire met her boyfriend of almost 4 years, they also went to Norwich to do Masters Degrees, part way through that her mum died and that kind of put an end to her Masters. Claire moved back home, visiting the boyfriend on and off while looking for a job in or around Norwich. She had never actually had a job interview but landed a spectacular dream job at Cambridge University. Not only did she get the job but so desperate were they that she go to work there, they promoted her before she had started and offered her a degree course on top. Brilliant! She is due to start, hopefully, before Christmas. Then in a few years she could be working at NASA.
So because things are looking so good, the universe thought it should throw some sh*t our way. So Claire’s boyfriend decided today would be a good time to break up with her via txt. This was out of the blue with no clues it was coming. Now being her father I’m biased but…
Łukasz Dziwiszewski, you’re an immature prat and she’s better off without you.