Early Christmas drinks and say it if you mean it
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I gave you my thoughts on Thanksgiving yesterday - hope you thought about what you're thankful for.
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Can’t believe I'm going to my first two Christmas drinks things tonight. It seems that businesses have wised up and realised that December is so crazy that a lot of people will roll their eyes and think "oh no! " when they get an invitation. So they’re now having "early Christmas drinks" parties.
It makes sense to me and I'm looking forward to seeing my colleagues from MSN.co.uk tonight and then going on to the Terrence Higgins Trust ‘do’. A very good cause! Which brings me back to sexual health - you know I acted as a spokesperson on some research produced for the Dept of Health and Dept of Children, Schools and Families last week and a very good friend was asking me about this. After a divorce she’s started going out with someone new and wondered when she should have the sexual health "talk" with him. I say the sooner the better.
TODAY’S THOUGHT: if you have something sensitive or tricky to raise with someone, I think we blow these things up into bigger issues than they need to be. And at the heart of our worries about discussing something sensitive? We fear rejection. We fear we'll tip the other person over to a point where they think it's not worth it if we put them on the spot about something a little difficult. Ultimately you've got to face these fears and get on with it - believe that you're worth getting the answers you want.
Good luck and lots of love, Pam X