May 18, 2015

Stranger #20

Meeting up with grindr
Be selective on who you meet but also be open to the possibility of a friendship.

Maintaining a long distance relationship
It only works if your both committed 100% to the relationship and both can see a future within it.

Choosing the perfect head wear
You should pick head wear that suits your personality, how you feel that day , what colours you really like but most of all wear what makes your spirit feel alive happy and joyful.

Would like advice on
How do I meet sexy men for dates that don’t have weird sexual habits.

Best advice received
Never get a girl pregnant – unless you can take care of your family. Thanks mum!.

Life experience
37 years

Location
Sydney, Australia

March 22, 2015

Stranger #18

Take One family, travel

How to say ‘No’
It’s ok to say “No’. As part of being raised to be polite and helpful, I was always hesitant to ever say ‘No’ as I never wanted to disappoint other people. I have found it is better to politely decline than to give more than you can or want to.

Finding adventure in New York
I was lucky enough to find the source of adventure on my first trip to NYC at the Oak Bar at the Iconic Plaza Hotel. I found a local New Yorker that has opened the city and taken me under his wing, to the Lower East Side. Americans love to small talk and are much better at talking to strangers than what I have experienced living in Sydney, I believe if you treat New York with virgin eyes and an open explorative heart the adventure finds you.

Raising a confident child
Give them the love and support to feel good about who they are in their own skin, when they are funny tell them their funny, when they do good, rejoice with them. But to lead by example is my best advice. If you show them that you are confident and strong they won’t know any different.

Creating an alter ego
In the tradition of Clark Kent and Superman it is our alter ego that gets to do all the things we can only dream about. I have an issue with how society has difficulty not seeing women who are mothers as autonomous people. The role we play as mothers is expected to fit a behavioural mould that I find creating an alter ego smashes.

Best advice received
BRING IT!!

Life experience
36 years

Location
Sydney, Australia

March 11, 2015

Stranger #17

Take One jam, marriage, travel

Perfecting jam
Good ripe fruit filled to the brim with all the flavour and colour you can find. A good recipe that has been handed down from someone that knows what they are doing and a smidge (as my Mum calls it a ‘trace’) pot butter to get rid of any jam scum. SCUM! It’s a jam thing!

Calling off a wedding
If you have to do it, as in you KNOW in your heart and guts that it’s not going to work JUST DO IT. Don’t think about what people will think, or say, about the cost of the heartache involved it’s far better to deal with that now at the expense of YOU and your happiness. People will forget soon enough and I guarantee that you will be HAPPY eventually. It’s hard, but anything worth while doing in life is.

Moving to the country
Throw yourself into life…never turn down an invitation to anything as you never know who you will meet. Get your hands dirty and help out as much as you can – country communities desperately need new blood and people willing to help. It’s exhausting at times, but worth it in the end.

Would like advice on
How do you untrain your brain/mindset after a whole life of doing something one way? I would love to be more carefree and relaxed about everything…I find myself continually caught up in things that just DON’T MATTER,

Best advice received?
It’s none of your business what people think of you.

Life Experience
37 years

Location
NSW, Australia