If you’ve been following my tales on here for quite a while, you might have noticed it’s been a long time since I mentioned Simon, my ex’s younger brother who I teased and fooled around with a little a couple of years back*. In short, he ended up getting a girlfriend, which curtailed his cheeky WhatsApp messages to me for the most part – we hung out briefly a few times, and I even got to meet his adorable girlfriend, but he was always on his best behaviour.
I’d heard earlier this year that Simon and his girlfriend had split up, and perhaps unsurprisingly not too long after his cheekiness returned somewhat, as he teased me and I similarly teased him back in our messages. He’d invited me to come and hang out over Easter, but as I wasn’t heading home to see my parents that never came to fruition, but I promised to let him know the next time I was visiting home for any length of time. As it happened, a couple of weeks ago he messaged me with some amazing news – I won’t say what it is here, but it was dream come true stuff for him and was generally a pretty awesome achievement, so of course I was full of congratulations and genuinely happy for him. In the wake of my gushing praise, he didn’t miss a chance to tease me: “Am I going to get a reward the next time you come down here for being so amazing then?” he asked with an emoji wink. I suggested equally teasing that he might if he played his cards right, adding that I’d be visiting my family over the Bank Holiday weekend too. Read more »