Tag: singleparent

I stared hopelessly at the screen. I was acutely aware of the kids upstairs and how odd it would look if they saw me, sitting in the dark, using their dad’s laptop, I was also unsure of exactly where to look/what to look for. Back in 2008, I’d found out about affair number one when I […]

In the dark of the dining room, the laptop screen was the only light. I went to turn it off but, glancing at the screen, I realised, that for the first time in  four years, it had been left open, unlocked, I could access all the files… The cursor was blinking slowly. Did I want […]

If someone had told Past Me that one day I’d end up as someone whose partner had cheated on them multiple times, and that – in my late 40s and with four kids – I’d end up having to start my life all over again, I’d have laughed at them. But here we are.  And […]