The results are in - the number one weird crush for 2010 is...

As my last post was quite serious I thought I should follow it up with something light hearted.
The results for the top 25 weird crushes as voted by Heat magazine readers are now in.
So who got the number one spot? Not so fast.
Back in May I shared with you who made the 2009 hot (or not) list and Derren Brown took the prestigious top spot.
A few of this year's new entries include Masterchef's Gregg Wallace and John Torode who just made the cut at numbers 25 and 24 respectively and perhaps the biggest shock in the countdown - the man from the 'Go Compare' adverts who just missed out on the top 10 at number 11.
But I am so pleased to reveal that the winner is probably one of the most sincere and sweet men to grace television and is one of the funniest people I have ever heard - have you guessed it? This year's number one Weird Crush goes to the wonderful Karl Pilkington.
Love this man and well done to everyone for voting for him.
Check out who made up the rest of the list.

The first cut is the deepest

I heard this song the other day and as I listened to the words I realised that this is how I have been feeling lately.
The reason why I have been so closed off from men recently is because I don't ever want to get hurt again.
I got so hurt the first time I opened by heart to someone that I won't ever let myself feel like that again because I don't think I'm ready to get my heart broken again.
I won't let myself admit how I feel because if I do and it all goes wrong then I'm right back where I started when I began this blog and so much has changed since then that I can't let that happen.
But saying that I think now I have realised what I have been too afraid to admit to myself for so long that maybe I can start to relax and just let things take their course and see where it leaves me and to not be afraid!

Can you really stay friends with an ex - part 3

I have been pondering the answer to this question for over two years now and have been swaying back and forth trying to give you an answer based on my experience.
And while I think in some circumstances you can stay friends with an ex - in my case I don't think it is going to be possible.
For the past few months my ex and I have slowly been drifting apart, talking less and less and not seeing one another and this hasn't bothered me.
The clincher came the last time I saw him about six weeks and as he was telling me about his life I realised he isn't the same man that I met five years ago.
This is no bad thing but we have less and less things in common and have naturally drifted apart.
We will still keep in touch and it is nice to know that he will always be there for me but it is also nice to know that I no longer rely on him and can move on with my life without him.
Have you ever stayed good friends with an ex? Or do you think it is better to call it a day as soon as the relationship ends?