Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail.

Honestly, shopping beats therapy, anytime. It costs the same and you get a dress out of it.

They said I was a valued customer. Now they send me hate mail.

I can do this, I tell myself firmly. I can be attracted to him. It's just a matter of self control and possibly also getting very drunk. So I lift my glass and take several huge gulps. I can feel the bubbles surging into my head, singing happily "I'm going to be a millionaire's wife! I'm going to be a millionaire's wife!" And when I look back at Tarquin, he already looks a bit more attractive. Alcohol is obviously going to be the key to our marital status.

A real relationship is two-way.

Mind your own Brazilian!" The words fly out of my mouth before I can stop them. Oops. OK. The trick when you've said something embarrassing by mistake is not to overreact. Instead, keep your chin up and pretend nothing happened.

You can't just switch off your feelings because the other person did.