Love-ready with a pre-dating MOT

My friend just celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary. She got cards, gifts and many congratulations. I’m also coming up for a 10-year anniversary – 10 years of being single. Like all vaguely emotionally literate women, I’ve tried to understand why my friends fall into relationships at the drop of a hat, while I’m planning yet another solo holiday. Now, I dare to admit something happily single women are not supposed to say: I want a boyfriend. And it’s time to do the groundwork – literally.

The Groundwork is an online programme designed by relationship coaches Christina Macnamara and Gavin Bloom. It aims to get you ready for a relationship by clearing any patterns or limiting beliefs from your past and getting honest about what you want. The programme lasts six weeks which, for a commitment-phobe like me, is just about manageable. Let’s