I am a Swedish woman living and working in London. I have lived in England for around 8 years. Since I came here I have developed my career from translator, via technical support and IT development, to to being a project manager in IT. (It was mainly about being at the right place, at the right time.)

I have also learnt to speak British English with next to no foreign accent. At least, that’s what I like to think!

Right now I live in South West London, in a very nice suburb. My flat is in a building by the river. (Sadly I ‘don’t have river-view though.) I love sewing! I made this
Dior design gown for a ball.

Hobbies and Interests:

• Sewing
• Running (outdoors)
• Information Technology
• Hiking
• Exploring new cities
• Christianity
• Learning about new things

Things I Care About:

• The beauty and splendour of nature
• Environmentalism
• ‘Old-fashioned’ values
• Being nice and decent towards others no matter what.
• Traditional gender roles (Why is it so un-PC to be true to one’s gender?)
• Learning and Teaching
• Finding a purpose, pleasure and enjoyment in everyday life

My Family

I have a younger brother and a younger sister. My sister is a nurse who loves going abroad and doing charity nursing work. My brother runs a carpentry business in Stockholm, Sweden.
Wonderful Brother and Sister
My parents divorced when I was 15. My father now lives in Australia, remarried to a Japanese woman whom he met when he was working there. My mother died under very tragic circumstances in late 2003.

Up until a few years ago all my grandparents were alive. However my beloved grandfather has recently died (age 94), and also my grandmother (age 70) a few years back. I have a very close relationship with my mother’s mother who lives on an island outside of Stockholm.

Because my own family is a bit messed up, I often spent school holidays (away from boarding school) with two different sets of aunts and uncles. I loved going there. I learnt so much from them and I loved spending time with their children, my cousins. Sadly both couples are divorced now.

Status

I am single at the time of writing. This is something I choose myself, for reasons that I will not get into right now. I plan to start dating again soon though. This time around I will take care to be ”the real me’, instead of striving for the perfection in looks and behaviour that is promoted by women’s glossy magazines. Previously I made the mistake falling for that!)
Scruffy Cordelia, Jan-06
Now that I have realised my earlier mistake I am hoping that by consistently being myself with any man I date (’warts and all’), I will scare off the men who are no good anyway! Perhaps this makes me sound like some kind of serial dater/girlfriend. It’s quite the opposite actually! I definitely believe in quality, not quantity in this area of life. I wish there was some way to practice’ without getting hurt or comprimising my principles.

The best thing that could happen to me in the area of dating would be if the ‘real me’ could attract the kind of wise and principled man who will love me for who I really am. Surely there must be at least one man out there who is worth having and who can see beyond the ‘packaging’ and actually like what he sees? My personality is really not that bad! If I don’t come across such a man, I think I’ll pass altogether on men. I’ve got to make an effort if I want to meet somebody though, not be shy or avoiding like I usually am.

With all this in mind I would be wrong to expect the guy I date to be ‘Mr Perfect’. So I am not.A flaw can turn out to be something you love somebody more for.(And isn’t it sad how media has wrongly lead us all to expect members of the opposite sex to be ‘perfect’! So unfair.. Nobody really is!) Well, enough about all that, but please watch this space for updates as I start dating!

Factors that have shaped my personality:

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