Beatlemania
I was born in 1964 - on the day that I Feel Fine by The Beatles was released, in fact.

My first really long-term relationship was with T, a leggy blonde 13 years older than me (I was 22 when we met), divorced but also a practising Catholic (so she had some serious guilt issues with that).

My Mum had issues with it too - although when I took T along to my sister's wedding, none of the male guests there could see a problem, they all told me I'd done well ;o)

We lived together for four years, and although the relationship didn't last, we both got positives out of it - I helped her rebuild her confidence after her marriage break-up, and she encouraged me to go to university, which I did when I was 26 (where the availability of so many nubile young women 140 miles away from home didn't help my relationship with T one bit - we split at the end of my first year...).

We'd been to a particular Greek island on holiday a few times and got to know the locals pretty well - so much so that T ended up going to live there with a waiter younger than me (she loved the movie Shirley Valentine, and I imagine anyone considering getting her Mamma Mia for Christmas had better reconsider.

Now and again I see the mutual friend we met through who says that T has done very well for herself in Greece, and I'm pleased for her, I have fond memories of our time together.

Oh, the reference to The Beatles - around the time I was born, her older brother (a musician) took T to see the Fab Four play in Cardiff. She also got to see Jimi Hendrix play live, lucky cow.
(Capo, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 9:08, Reply)