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Tina's avatar

This very much resonates - I really thought that my office job would involve a lot more pencil skirts than it actually does!

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Amber Eve's avatar

It's always disappointing when real life fails to live up!

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Tina's avatar

Just to check, will I be able to buy this one in paperback? The link isn't giving me any print options but I wasn't sure if that's just a pre-order thing

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Amber Eve's avatar

Yes, pre-orders only apply to ebooks, unfortunately, but it'll be available in paperback too!

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Gourd Guy's avatar

I absolutely loved the description of you wanting to be a high-flying business woman, makes the new name of the Shopaholic blog even more perfect! (Becky dreaming about getting to wear Karen Millen like her friend energy!) When I first met my partner my friends all said it sounded like a movie although in hindsight I have no idea why.

We technically met on Tinder of all places in dreary November, she was literally my second match - cool, pink haired, guitar playing badass matching with me felt surreal. She later insisted her hair was supposed to be red but it was so damaged it wouldn't hold the dye. We met up for lunch at our ridiculously overpriced university café, got interrupted by an annoying guy at one point and then when we went back to her place she showed me memes until I leant on her shoulder, she looked at me and I just for some reason decided to kiss her at that moment. The rest is history.

Sorry, just realised I wrote a whole essay on your post, hope you enjoy anyway!

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Amber Eve's avatar

I did! I love reading/hearing people’s ‘how we met’ stories - kind of wishing I’d asked everyone who reads this to tell me theirs, now!

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Alexandra Goldstein's avatar

Ah I love it! We did friends-to-lovers with "we can totally be FWBs without feelings, pshaw" in between, and a touch of potential interfaith conflict that never really happened. It would make such a good book...

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Amber Eve's avatar

OK, you have to write this…

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Alexandra Goldstein's avatar

I *might* have written a couple of chapters of a (fictionalised) version of it. With his permission. Like 6 months ago, in fits and starts... Thanks ADHD.

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Amber Eve's avatar

Serialize it on Substack! It could be like a newsletter soap opera!

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Kathleen Bieck's avatar

Very Cute! My husband was in love with me for 4 years at Art Center College before I would even give him the time of day…we’ve been married for 47 years!

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