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Hi everyone!

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Welcome to our new blog!! :h:

In case you're new here, I (Nathan) started a thread two and a half years ago to ask for advice when I found out my crush was gay. I was 18, in my first year of uni, super shy, and not out to anyone. Thanks to the lovely people of tsr who convinced me to wave at him on Facebook, we ended up talking and got together! Whoop whoop! :biggrin:

We've had our struggles, my family was very homophobic at first, we both have mental health issues, we even broke up for a couple months, but lately things have been going super duper well -- we moved in together in January and got engaged a few weeks ago!

My fiancé, Alex, also made a tsr account (@nicalibres) and we started a blog together just over a year ago, to stay in touch with everyone who's helped us and supported us, it's a lovely lil community :h:

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Time to introduce ourselves!

Hi, I'm Nathan, 21 years old. I'm from Cumbria but moved to the south of England to study English at uni. I've just graduated (with a first!! :biggrin:

) and my plans are to work for a year and then do a masters. I'm really not sure what I want to do with my life, hopefully I'll figure it out somewhere along the way :tongue:

My family are pretty religious, but they eventually came around to me being gay and they're lovely and supportive now. I've got a twin sister who is dating my best friend from school, and then there's my mum, my dad, and our dog. In my spare time I like to play guitar, read, listen to music, pretty basic stuff really, and lately I've been really into wedding planning! I have anxiety so sometimes I can be a bit annoying, but most of the time I manage it pretty well :smile:

Alright, my turn? Hey, my name is Alex, I also go by @nicalibres on here. I'm 22 and originally from London. My past is a little bit tragic - grew up poor, dad left when I was 12, toxic first boyfriend, two years of drinking and sleeping around, yadda yadda. I've managed to sort myself out now... for the most part, that is. Like Nathan, I also study English at uni, that's how we met! Aforementioned tragic past has made me mentally ill, so I've had to take a year out. I'm on meds and in therapy now - ready to start third year again in October. My dream job is being a teacher. I also enjoy art, I draw and paint quite a lot. N and I have totally different personalities - he's quiet, I'm outgoing; he's organised, I'm messy; he's cute and innocent, people often call me dirty-minded... But I'm really quite sweet. I've got a baby brother, Luca, he's almost 1 now and totes adorbs. Like Nathan!

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Other fun stuff :biggrin:

Key dates in our relationship:

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Gym:

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(edited 4 years ago)

Reply 3980

josie71202

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by Liliette

You'll be fine my lovely - just remember that they chose you, because they knew you were capable of everything required. So don't be nervous - if anything goes wrong, my PMs are always open.

thanks

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username5887045

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by CatInTheCorner

Hey! of course! I'm much more active on threads though, so actually here is the best place! What year are you in? :smile:

I'm in Year 13! I think are you too(?)

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username5887045

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by josie71202

thanks

No problem! You've go this! :h:

Reply 3983

CatInTheCorner

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by Liliette

I'm in Year 13! I think are you too(?)

Yep! Do you have any interviews? Which unis did you apply to? I applied to St Andrews ( have done interview ) Newcastle ( have done interview ) Leicester ( interview on 6th ) and Liverpool ( interview on 9th )

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username5887045

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by CatInTheCorner

Yep! Do you have any interviews? Which unis did you apply to? I applied to St Andrews ( have done interview ) Newcastle ( have done interview ) Leicester ( interview on 6th ) and Liverpool ( interview on 9th )

Yes! I applied to Warwick (for Biomed), then Oxford, King's College London, Queen Mary University of London, and Exeter (for medicine). I have received an offer for Warwick (AAB), KCL (A*AA), QMoL (A*AA), but I am still waiting on an offer from Oxford (I hope, but ahhh), and my Exeter interview is on the 7th(?) - which is really annoying, because I have mocks this week.

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CatInTheCorner

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by Liliette

Yes! I applied to Warwick (for Biomed), then Oxford, King's College London, Queen Mary University of London, and Exeter (for medicine). I have received an offer for Warwick (AAB), KCL (A*AA), QMoL (A*AA), but I am still waiting on an offer from Oxford (I hope, but ahhh), and my Exeter interview is on the 7th(?) - which is really annoying, because I have mocks this week.

You have medicine offers!?! Your stats are either crazy, or those unis do it really early! But if you got an oxford interview, I reckon it's the stats! Congrats! Which is your favourite? I have mocks too! My A-levels are the weakest part of my application, A*AB with all 3 being a stretch! I really need that Newcastle BBB offer in march!

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username5887045

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by CatInTheCorner

You have medicine offers!?! Your stats are either crazy, or those unis do it really early! But if you got an oxford interview, I reckon it's the stats! Congrats! Which is your favourite? I have mocks too! My A-levels are the weakest part of my application, A*AB with all 3 being a stretch! I really need that Newcastle BBB offer in march!

Aw thank you so much, you're so sweet! I'm predicted A*A*A*A* (with an A* predicted for my EPQ) - I am so sorry if that sounds boastful, but I don't really have a life outside of school so oops...once I get to medical school I can live! :h:

My favourite is probably Oxford, since I love the essay writing component of the course! I'm sure you'll get that Newcastle offer my lovely - one of my friends applied there for Biochemistry, and she loves the city (not sure if you've visited)!

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nicalibres

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We can start a study support group lol - I'm studying for my language and the city module which is interesting but tough. It's originally meant for folk studying German so a lot of it is about Berlin and its culture and history. Interesting but I'm definitely putting in some extra hours!

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username5887045

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by nicalibres

We can start a study support group lol - I'm studying for my language and the city module which is interesting but tough. It's originally meant for folk studying German so a lot of it is about Berlin and its culture and history. Interesting but I'm definitely putting in some extra hours!

Germany is so fascinating - it's so developed, despite being a relatively modern country (1871 is when Germany was officially founded, I think(?) One of my topics of GCSE History was on Germany between 1890-1945, and it was my favourite!

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josie71202

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by Liliette

Aw thank you so much, you're so sweet! I'm predicted A*A*A*A* (with an A* predicted for my EPQ) - I am so sorry if that sounds boastful, but I don't really have a life outside of school so oops...once I get to medical school I can live! :h:

My favourite is probably Oxford, since I love the essay writing component of the course! I'm sure you'll get that Newcastle offer my lovely - one of my friends applied there for Biochemistry, and she loves the city (not sure if you've visited)!

my friend who I saw on new year does physics at Oxford (because she's stupidly brainy) and she says it's seriously intense

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username5887045

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by josie71202

my friend who I saw on new year does physics at Oxford (because she's stupidly brainy) and she says it's seriously intense

Your friend does Physics at Oxford?? She must be so smart! - even the GCSE Physics content baffled me, I couldn't imagine doing A-Level! :h:

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josie71202

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by Liliette

Your friend does Physics at Oxford?? She must be so smart! - even the GCSE Physics content baffled me, I couldn't imagine doing A-Level! :h:

her boyfriend does maths at Oxford.

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username5887045

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by josie71202

her boyfriend does maths at Oxford.

Talk about a power couple! Are they at the same college?

Reply 3993

josie71202

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by Liliette

Talk about a power couple! Are they at the same college?

no but they're definitely super clever

Reply 3994

nicalibres

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by Liliette

Germany is so fascinating - it's so developed, despite being a relatively modern country (1871 is when Germany was officially founded, I think(?) One of my topics of GCSE History was on Germany between 1890-1945, and it was my favourite!

The east-west divide is really interesting about Germany and especially Berlin, I'd love to visit to see it for myself. I don't know much about German's history but it's a fascinating language really - so many other European languages basically come from German but it's still unique in that it's an inflected language, whereas most (all?) other Germanic languages aren't. Plus the different variants spoken in different countries. The Berlin dialect actually takes after French a wee bit because of Huguenots settling in Berlin. Its hard to recognise that though when you don't speak know language!

Haha I sound like a nerd today. I promise I have a life!

Reply 3995

username5887045

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by nicalibres

The east-west divide is really interesting about Germany and especially Berlin, I'd love to visit to see it for myself. I don't know much about German's history but it's a fascinating language really - so many other European languages basically come from German but it's still unique in that it's an inflected language, whereas most (all?) other Germanic languages aren't. Plus the different variants spoken in different countries. The Berlin dialect actually takes after French a wee bit because of Huguenots settling in Berlin. Its hard to recognise that though when you don't speak know language!

Haha I sound like a nerd today. I promise I have a life!

It is, don't worry you don't sound like a nerd! Have you seen the photo with the different coloured lightbulbs?

Haha but yes German is an amazing language - I love how they just make really long words by adding two words together e.g. Blitzkrieg and Weltkrieg or the longest word in German (I had to search this up) - Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung (it's motor insurance apparently)! Germany is such a varied language, like you said - apparently Bavarian is the strangest dialect(?) - according to my friend, who used to live in Cologne.

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username5887045

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by josie71202

no but they're definitely super clever

I bet they are! Are they in their first year?

Anyways back to the grind - hoping a negative theme comes up tomorrow, like ambition or corruption of the soul! :tongue:

Reply 3997

nathan1403

OP

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by nicalibres

The east-west divide is really interesting about Germany and especially Berlin, I'd love to visit to see it for myself. I don't know much about German's history but it's a fascinating language really - so many other European languages basically come from German but it's still unique in that it's an inflected language, whereas most (all?) other Germanic languages aren't. Plus the different variants spoken in different countries. The Berlin dialect actually takes after French a wee bit because of Huguenots settling in Berlin. Its hard to recognise that though when you don't speak know language!

Haha I sound like a nerd today. I promise I have a life!

Nerd

Reply 3998

nathan1403

OP

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Anyway, here's an update for me: I started my "new" life (ie actually being productive) today and it's gone well! I worked 9-3, then went home and contacted a squash club, studied for my driving theory, made dinner, and looked at volunteering options! Well done me :biggrin:

I think I deserve to relax now but instead of just hanging around I'll read a book, I've got six that I haven't read yet!

Reply 3999

Zack Eben Aimine

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by Liliette

It is, don't worry you don't sound like a nerd! Have you seen the photo with the different coloured lightbulbs?

Haha but yes German is an amazing language - I love how they just make really long words by adding two words together e.g. Blitzkrieg and Weltkrieg or the longest word in German (I had to search this up) - Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung (it's motor insurance apparently)! Germany is such a varied language, like you said - apparently Bavarian is the strangest dialect(?) - according to my friend, who used to live in Cologne.

Lol,i didn't know you could have such a long word! Did your friend enjoy living in cologne?I've never been to germany so what's it like?

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