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Like a lot of people my Mum wrote diaries. After she died we found 30 years worth! I thought they might have the answers to life’s big questions - they didn’t! She wrote simple, mundane, often funny, one liners about her everyday life: January 17th 1998, “The dog crapped all over the carpet!”. Her diaries made me think about other women and how they mange their everyday lives too. This hatched an idea: to interview 100 women and see what would happen. There were many reasons for this; a) I’m very curious, b) am I getting the best out of my life? and c) now Mum was gone, where was I going to get my life wisdom from? I came up with a list of questions loosely based on an ordinary, everyday conversation; How are you? How’s the kids, What’s the weather like today? I began collecting conversations. My discovery; a treasure chest of insight, humour and wise words. It seemed selfish to keep it all to myself so I started to blog and eventually wrote my first book. Collecting Conversations.

I never intended only talking to women so once I’d got my menopause out of the way I turned my focus to men. Lockdown honed me in. 100 men interviewed, three milliion words transcribed and my next book crystallised. ‘Men Talk’ is out now! Below are extracts from 200 interviews with both men and women…

All Ages
  • 20 Somethings
  • 30 Somethings
  • 40 Somethings
  • 50 Somethings
  • 60 Somethings
  • 70 Somethings
  • 80 Somethings
  • 90 Somethings
The People
  • men
  • women
Men need to feel good about themselves too
Men need to feel good about themselves too

Thankfully my spirit is coming back

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40 SomethingsSam BunchApril 11, 2021menComment
Some people latch on and suck the life force out of you
Some people latch on and suck the life force out of you

Mental health is endemic!

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50 SomethingsSam BunchMarch 28, 2021men Comments
Grandmas Saturday Soup would be cooking
Grandmas Saturday Soup would be cooking

I could see him suffocating…

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20 SomethingsSam BunchMarch 15, 2021men Comment
There were no holidays, no birthdays and a punch in the mouth if you opened it
There were no holidays, no birthdays and a punch in the mouth if you opened it
70 SomethingsSam BunchFebruary 28, 2021men Comment
I just want to share it and scream out from the rooftops about how brilliant it is
I just want to share it and scream out from the rooftops about how brilliant it is
50 SomethingsSam BunchFebruary 14, 2021menComment
The Quantum Gravitational Field IS the Universe, and Consciousness is perhaps it’s Flowering
The Quantum Gravitational Field IS the Universe, and Consciousness is perhaps it’s Flowering

My tool shed is like a secret salon. My tools have spa days

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70 SomethingsSam BunchJanuary 31, 2021men Comment
I had the fortune to play at Glastonbury
I had the fortune to play at Glastonbury

My dad got broken into by the infamous ‘Night Stalker’

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60 SomethingsSam BunchJanuary 24, 2021men Comments
I'm not very good at asking for help
I'm not very good at asking for help

It’s a bit of a shock not to be in control anymore

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20 SomethingsSam BunchDecember 13, 2020men Comments
The first few weeks I couldn’t stop crying
The first few weeks I couldn’t stop crying

I don’t think I could be described as optimistic.

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50 SomethingsSam BunchNovember 22, 2020menComment
the pandemic has saved my life
the pandemic has saved my life

I want to be the first disabled manager in EFL (English football league)

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20 SomethingsSam BunchNovember 15, 2020men Comment
I wonder how it's going to happen and when will it be? I don't want it to hurt
I wonder how it's going to happen and when will it be? I don't want it to hurt

It was like a cult

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60 SomethingsSam BunchNovember 8, 2020menComment
I spend all day in really uncomfortable positions
I spend all day in really uncomfortable positions

Hanging around in a harness for hours on end, it knackers you.

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20 SomethingsSam BunchOctober 18, 2020menComment
Disney made me believe when you get married you're going to be happy forever after
Disney made me believe when you get married you're going to be happy forever after

I started to get very short of breath. I had a panic attack in my ‘cell’

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40 SomethingsSam BunchOctober 11, 2020men Comments
I don't really do deep thinking
I don't really do deep thinking

I played for Farnborough against Arsenal at Highbury in the FA cup draw in 2003

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40 SomethingsSam BunchSeptember 6, 2020men Comments
I’m someone who’s always got time for pudding
I’m someone who’s always got time for pudding

I let the world get under my skin

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30 SomethingsSam BunchAugust 23, 2020 Comments
I’ve never felt so vulnerable in my life
I’ve never felt so vulnerable in my life

My heart rate was over 200 beats a minute for a good few hours

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50 SomethingsSam BunchAugust 16, 2020men Comments
I am world weary
I am world weary
70 SomethingsSam BunchAugust 13, 2020men Comment
I want to meet Bruce Springsteen
I want to meet Bruce Springsteen

I'm inspired currently by Black Lives Matters

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60 SomethingsSam BunchAugust 6, 2020men Comments
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