This is Awkward ⋆ Forever Amber: An Awkward Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything

9 Ways to Make an Introvert Hate You

January 15, 2020 26 Comments 6 min read

The world is designed for extroverts: here are just a few ways to make life a little bit easier on the introverts amongst us… or to really, really annoy us: your choice…

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

Things That Make Christmas a Little Bit Awkward, Really

December 3, 2019January 2, 2020 26 Comments 4 min read

Christmas is awesome: but, for some of us, it can also be just a little bit awkward, really, with no end of opportunities for over-thinking, and other acts of awkwardness. Here are just a few that spring to mind…

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

The Awkward Files # 2

November 8, 2019January 2, 2020 17 Comments 4 min read

An awkward look back at the last couple of weeks

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

9 Anthems for Awkward Girls

November 4, 2019December 23, 2019 6 Comments 3 min read

The best music for misfits, introverts, and anyone who’s just a little bit awkward…

VIEW the POST

By Amber

6 Comments

This is Awkward

The Awkward Files # 1

June 11, 2019January 2, 2020 9 Comments 9 min read

Why, why, what a terrible time to be alive, if you’re prone to over-thinking…

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

6 Ways to Make Me Feel Awkward

August 1, 2018October 21, 2019 64 Comments 6 min read

Want to make me feel hopelessly uncomfortable? Here are 6 easy ways to do it…

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

14 Things That Tell Me I Am Not A Real Grown Up

July 30, 2018October 19, 2019 66 Comments 6 min read

I have a baby, a mortgage and a business – so why don’t I feel like a grown-up yet?

VIEW the POST

Stories from my Childhood This is Awkward

Embarrassing Extracts from My Teenage Diary

July 10, 2018October 30, 2019 59 Comments 8 min read

I’m thinking of burning my teenage diary. You’ll know why when you read it…

VIEW the POST

By Amber

59 Comments

This is Awkward

16 Things I Do That My Husband Finds “Weird”

June 7, 2018October 24, 2019 47 Comments 8 min read

SPOILER ALERT: He’s wrong.

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

6 things that make me irrationally angry

April 9, 2018October 30, 2019 37 Comments 5 min read

Because sometimes complaining about silly stuff is fun, no?

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

5 Things Other People Love That I Hate*

September 13, 2017January 14, 2020 48 Comments 4 min read

I can’t be the only one… can I?

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

More Things You Can Probably Do That I Can’t

May 24, 2017October 21, 2019 32 Comments 5 min read

A couple of years ago, I wrote a post about five of the totally normal, everyday things that I am completely unable to do. (I also apparently saw fit to illustrate that post with a blurry mirror selfie of myself. Oh blogging, how you’ve changed!) Anyway, today I bring you an …

VIEW the POST

By Amber

32 Comments

Stories from my Childhood This is Awkward

6 Stupid Things I Thought When I Was Young

January 27, 2015January 2, 2020 60 Comments 4 min read

Did you know that God’s real name is Harold, for instance?

VIEW the POST

This is Awkward

5 Things You Can Probably Do That I Can’t

December 4, 2014October 21, 2019 51 Comments 6 min read

Now that I’ve made myself sound a bit strange with my admission that I’m in serious danger of becoming a recluse, I thought I’d make myself sound even MORE weird, with this list of things that you can probably do that I can’t. I briefly alluded to the existence of this …

VIEW the POST