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He always seeks out young women to enjoy life and avoid emotional involvement.

He doesn't show much affection for any of them.

With his current partner, he has no affection, no tenderness, sometimes it seems like he's allergic to her. She has a terrible past that could even tarnish his image, so why does he stay with her?

There are some things my brain simply refuses to process. Because although I’m not a man, I can still imagine how extraordinary it must feel at 46 to have built - through discipline, training, and consistency - an objectively beautiful body. Strong, proportional, almost textbook perfect. The kind of physique admired by thousands. What I struggle to imagine is reaching that point, looking at that body one day, and concluding that what it truly needed was something resembling a black marker line wrapped around the forearm.

(Someone fell asleep next to a Sharpie?)

As though, after all that careful construction, the final artistic direction was: “Greek statue, but make it slightly administrative".

. . . That, unfortunately, is where my imagination simply stops cooperating.

(The very idea of getting a tattoo at 46 already strikes me as faintly adolescent — but choosing a single LINE wrapped around the arm? As though humanity had somehow exhausted every other symbolic or artistic possibility available over the last several thousand years?) Oddly enough, it reminds me of that impulsive, mildly self-destructive cutting your own hair during an emotional crisis urge once so brilliantly described years ago by The Main Heroin ⤵️⤵️⤵️

. . . PS. I’m still choosing to believe that rope - sorry, line - was drawn with marker and will eventually wash off.

[Photos: The Main Character in the Caledonian Sleeper advertisement]

Also, genuine question: why do these campaigns - so transparently built around the popularity of the series - never feature HIM and HER together?

If you’re already capitalizing on the show’s fanbase, putting the two leads together would seem like the most obvious marketing jackpot imaginable.

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"... reaching that point, looking at that body one day, and concluding that what it truly needed was something resembling a black marker line wrapped around the forearm..."

Well said and 💯 agree!!

Nope. Not that woman of the year - this woman of the year:

Simply because I am about to share with you Katharine Hepburn's brownie recipe.

Very easy and so perfect, that two days ago I doubled the quantities - as I almost always do. I found this recipe on the New York Times' fabled cooking website about ten years ago and never looked for another brownie avatar. Ever.

For an 8x8 baking pan, you will need: 1/2 cup (70 gr) cocoa - preferably either Van Houten or Ghirardelli, unsweetened; 1 stick (115 gr) butter - Irish, if at all possible, because this simple recipe deserves the best sourced ingredients to truly shine; 2 eggs; 1 cup (200 grams) sugar; 1/4 cup (30 grams) flour; 1 cup (130 grams) roughly chopped walnuts; 1 tsp vanilla extract; pinch of salt.

Notes: I always substitute the vanilla extract with a hefty swig of alcohol - whisky, brandy/cognac, Bailey's (a bit too sweet, though) and for the best results, Kahlúa. While not entirely kid friendly, it deepens the chocolatey flavor profile, allowing for a finer, moister texture and the spirits evaporate during the baking process, anyways. Likewise, walnuts can be replaced with chopped almonds, pecans or even pistachios, if you feel adventurous. However, all the rest remains strictly the same.

Preheat the oven to 325 Fahrenheit (160 Celsius).

In a small saucepan, melt the butter (low heat), progressively incorporating the cocoa powder. Stir until smooth, remove from heat and allow to cool for a couple of minutes, but not more. Transfer to a large plastic or ceramic bowl (no metal, it fouls the taste). Whisk in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla extract/alcohol.

In a separate bowl, stir in the sugar, the flour, the nuts, the salt. Add the cocoa mix and stir until just combined. Do not overmix!

Pour into greased 8x8 pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes max. The brownies should remain gooey, but not jiggly in the center . Let cool. Cut into bars.

You are welcome.

Amen.

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Do we know when they started dating?

About what year did Sam start following her and vice-versa?

Do I have this correct ... She started dating Eoin 2021-22, 2 years later, May 2024 they married. He passed in August 2024. Sometime in Spring, around 6-8 months later, she appears to already be dating, sleeping, and staying with S ... at Eoin's house.