Married at First Sight: the only TV show where it’s socially acceptable to pressure a stranger to shag another stranger they don’t fancy.

I always thought no one was happy in long-term romantic relationships, because I’d never been happy in one myself. I was wrong. I do think relationships are often very tough, but the solution is to find someone you’re truly compatible with. And at the age of 45, I finally have.

A year ago, I wrote a piece for Metro about how I hate holidays. Well, meeting Adam Juniper changed all that. I love him, and I love going on vacation with him. arianesherine.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...

My most treasured quality in my friends is reliability. Being punctual, responding to messages promptly, being trustworthy and doing what they say they will WHEN they say they will are underrated traits, but not by me. I can't stand flaky people and am determined never to be one.

I just wanted to know if most people moved up from 2.5mg of Mounjaro, but the autocompletes are far more interesting!

Yesterday Adam Juniper and I did Q in the A-Z of Dating. We ate quesadillas at a Mexican restaurant and then did a pub quiz recommended by the wonderful quizzer Shanine @braintree711.bsky.social - we came second and won free drinks! We were pleased as the team who came first had five people in it.

We both have new coats in the battle not to turn the heating on before October!

Crafting floral wedding decorations and thought it would be pretty to sew beads into the apexes of the roses. The beads do look pretty but they also remind me of clitorises! So I will get married surrounded by clitorises, which feels apt.

Ad and I went to see this film at the weekend and it was sodding brilliant - just so funny and clever and dark, every line a zinger. Go see it if it's on near you. PS Benedict Cumberbatch didn't pay me to say this.

I told my fiancé he needed a haircut and this is what happened!

I know about MI5 and MI6, but what about MIs 1-4? Or is that a secret?!

I accidentally bought my gorgeous man a coat the colour of curry sick but he rocks it anyway

Haha, a PR offered to promote my book (for money) and when I said no, this is what she sent me!

I'm having a shitty day and want every single person in the whole wide world to fuck off - and yes, that includes you.

Looking for an evening read? The first 20 rules full of life wisdom are free to read. arianesherine.substack.com/p/45-useful-...

This beautiful man whom I'm in madly love with brings me iced pistachio lattes in the mornings. I'm not a pop star yet, and I'm quite skint, but really: who could ask for more?

Fiancé: I'm writing a news story about a leak Me: I didn't know you ran stories on vegetables! Fiancé sighs

I asked my fiancé to grow his hair long, but I think it may be time for a haircut!

25 of the funniest posts we’ve seen on Bluesky this week. www.thepoke.com/2025/09/17/2...

An easy one.. 😂😂

I suspect our local candidate Lazar is too dim to realise that his fellow Reform fans would be very happy to see him deported back to his birth country of Romania

Six months today of living with gorgeous romantic @juniperific.bsky.social who treats me like a queen. He brings me coffee every morning, helps me with my work and always tells me he loves me. I’m finally happy at long last and can’t wait for the next 50 years together. Love you so much Adi. ❤️

I love the implication that Rihanna and Will Smith have ever visited Top Cutt in Upton Park

I’m just picturing this bored cat sitting by the front door, sighing and tapping its paw

Tried on a wedding dress yesterday. Wasn’t photobombed by a cheeky five-year-old monkey, unlike in 2017!

Pretty confident that number 22 has the most Scottish name of all time.

Me: I love you so much. Never change Fiancé: I have to occasionally or I'll smell!

Daughter has a ssssense of humour

In my experience, most men *want* you to be bare!

Well, I’m not the size I want to be yet, but I’m not a big girl anymore either!

Sad that Angela Rayner has gone. When you look into the case closely she didn’t do much wrong. But for what it’s worth, I had dinner and played party games with David Lammy in 2013 (not just me, there were eight of us there including his wife) and he’s a chill, fun, cool, friendly guy I’d vote for.

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One of the worst lyrics of all time, which is never talked about, is from ‘In the Summertime’ by Mungo Jerry (or Shaggy/Rayvon): “If her daddy’s rich, Take her out for a meal If her daddy’s poor, Just do what you feel” So if she’s from a poor home she doesn’t get dinner, just a shag? Appalling!

Some personal news: I am changing my name to ‘bro’ because my daughter calls me that so often it now feels like my name.

Day 109 on 2.5mg of weight loss injection Mounjaro and 16.4% of my body weight has gone. Hopefully my double chin will go soon too! 8.9kg to the ‘healthy’ BMI. Start weight: 84.8kg Target weight: 50kg Total loss: 13.9kg Today’s weight: 70.9kg Distance from 50kg target: 20.9kg

Three things you didn't know about the Atheist Bus Campaign, including Richard Dawkins' fury at a comment I made! arianesherine.substack.com/p/3-things-y...

14yo has been throwing shade quite amusingly at the poem I've asked her to read at my wedding: 'Ewwww, it's so cringe. [adopts whiny voice] "Now you will feel no cold!" Shut up, of course you'll feel cold, duh!'

Well, it took three tries, eight glue gun burns and 12 hours, but my first floral wedding centrepiece is crafted! Now I know what I’m doing, I reckon I can get each down to three hours or so.

Listening to Van Morrison. Apparently he’s a massive bumhole, but I can separate the art from the arse.

I love my Brute! He's very tame and manly and definitely a Beauty Man.

Trying to sleep last night Brain: Is Iain Duncan Smith a bit Chinese? I’m sure I read that Me: Stop it Brain: Just google it I google it, sighing Me: He’s one-eighth Japanese Brain: Ah! Must have mixed him up with Jeremy Hunt’s wife. She’s Chinese isn’t she? Me: Shut up Brain: Google it!

This weekend we have a photo shoot followed by two parties Fiancé: I’m looking forward to the parties Me: Shoot first Fiancé: … and ask questions later?!

I am so lucky to wake up with this beautiful man every day.

At a mezzanine bar Me: Massive Attack released an album called Mezzanine Fiancé: In between their other albums?

I think I gave birth to Melania Trump

14yo is going to be bridesmaid at my wedding. I asked her if she'd wear a dress and she huffed, 'If you want me to be constrained by the patriarchy!', so we've compromised on a jumpsuit. But which jumpsuit? She's just rejected my fourth purchase and four more are on their way...

14yo’s friends keep telling me she has a boyfriend, so I asked her if it was true, and she rolled her eyes and said ‘SO heteronormative!’ But that’s not a no…!

The New York Times has a new game called Pips which is a lot of fun. I'm proud of achieving this on my first try.

Some personal news: I would like to announce that I am adding a staple gun to my array of useful tools.

I need to finish my novel, so will be spending this afternoon cleaning the kitchen.