Uhmm, why do I find this a slightly irrelevant question here? Ah, am being a prude perhaps! Anyway, funny story. Eat veggies..(sprout)

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She's lost it, not a shred of doubt. just remembered a similar sotry but rushing out for drinks, so more later!!

I feel that at times, and I think it part of the competitive nature of academia. We are not insecure, but then, sometimes we feel we are somehwere behind others, when really, at heart we know we are all different.

PS: Stressed, I have PMed you on something..

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I will begin. This is very mushy, but again, Teek seeks a 'heart-warming' tale :)

My supervisor is, in every sense of the term, the best mentor anyone could ever wish to work with.

Yes, she is an international star, churning out books, leading huge transnational projects. Never has that taken away from her listening patiently to the musings of this silly young researcher, exactly half her age, every little idea, every excited and nebulous ambition. She continues to be my inspiration, motivation and source of critique.

Strikingly, she is also a friend figure, who can, as appropriate, shift into being the strict supervisor, the demanding employer, the first person I approach with anything that goes wrong! She has organised lovely jobs for me, despite being an international student with no home funding, I have never had to go in debt. She has expanded my network so tremednously, has prodded me every time I have become complacent, has been a fanstastic co-author, has been intellectually scathing of shoddy work and what more could I ask or add?

One last - she takes time to remind me to eat 4 meals a day sometimes- something I forget ever so often. And this person - is an international super busy super star in our field and has produced nearly as many books as the total number of years she has been in this field.

Edit: sorry I had to come back and add some of her quotes - Teek you inspired me -

After I organised a big conference and we both spoke at it, next morning "PhDBug, I am so delighted to have a student like you. You bring people together, you make things happens, you keep the intellectual demands high"

Another, when my gran was ill and I was collapsing literally "My dear PhDBug, just writing to say that you are allowed to be a human being. And remember, however long your PhD takes, and whatever happens, I am there as your intellectual support through the highs and lows of this"

And she is always there.

Quoting Rachel from 'Friends' -

"No uterus, no opinion".

Just won a pot of honey in a PhD students porposal wriitng competition at the conference I am at - for our team!

So that makes this all bearable :)

Now this is my email: :) I'm loved by all!

Hello Dear
I am a lady Rose by name From Senegal dakar west africa.
i have lots of love to offer the right person for me who is honest and sincere with me.I i can tell
you more about myself .
i am waiting to get a reply from you.

Pls send me your picturegraf so I will sent you my.

Unconditonal love
Rose

I'm sure there're more here who are syncing. I went and asked for supplies from the reception lady today as aunty flo looks like she's coming couple days early.

Arrgh have I no shame.

I am PMT too and I have just sent a second day in a conference contemplating what is like "to not be loved/desired/in a serious long term relationship' and how that renders my whole life meaningless.

Eska, Stressed and I are perhaps ToM sisters. (time o the month TOM)

Am at a conference in the lovely Windsor, when the below greets my PG Forum inbox :)

Hi Dear
My name is Miss Faith sanka, am 23years old,5.8fit tall, slim stature,open minded,honest, trusted, and caring and just to mention but a little. I hope honesty and trust they say build a strong relationship. That is why I have the confident to write you this brief mail. I will really want us to be friends, and I will so much appreciate it if we can click together as one great friend.So Please kindly mail me back through my private e-mail address,([email protected]) so that we can know about ourselves and I will give you my pictures for you to know more about me. Please I'm waiting eagerly to see your lovely mail soon.

Yours Sincerely,

Miss Faith

([email protected]

Yup. I am in the same boat. Of either submitting very soon, (in 7 monhts) if I am to have a go, or letting Leverhulme and Brit Ac go this year and submit as planned, in June (which will still be under 3 yrs). Trust me, I have given this a loooooot of thought! :)

I think,

it's when you miss the person,
when you enjoy simple things like a hug or a walk much more than at the level of fancying or feeling excited at the new.
When you care.
When you express your feelings in little ways, often unnoticed even to you yourself - something very different from flirting, hitting on someone, coming on to someone etc
When you know that it's someone you just might want to rest on.

I realised that just as I posted.... hmm weekends are un-moded... :(

There's crap spam on prostitution on the board all day, on most of the top threads. Just drawing the attention of Mods.

I have worked 20 hours a week from day 1 of my full time PhD, and am going to submit in 2.5 years.
Its roughly 2 hours teaching and 9 each on two pan European projects.

I havent burnt out yet, but might very soon.

So, if avoidable dont do it.

Bug.