Cat, I think we've been living parallel lives. I'm doing the same course as you, as well as all the other common stuff. I'm in Sheffield, by the way. You're right about men and their own hang-ups, of course. I'm just so fed up because I have never had a proper relationship, and I haven't been close to a man for ten years. Now I finally think I might be ready but there's no-one there! My course is frustrating because it's full of women I have nothing in common with. They talk about nothing except their homes and children and husbands - I have had many flashbacks and outbursts at college because that talk triggers me off really badly! I was hoping to meet some mates (including male friends, gay friends) but there's no-one on my sort of planet.

I'll send you a P.M. soon so we can compare notes without boring the fellas on the forum!