Our race AGAINST TIME
Sitting in the sunshine on a first date, I smiled at the handsome man with dark brown eyes in front of me. It was June 2020 and although I’d met Stuart Bathers six months earlier through my older brother, this was our first chance to really get to know each other, due to Covid-19 restrictions. We’d organised a picnic in Pitville Park, Cheltenham, and talked for hours over nibbles and wine.
There was no first-date awkwardness; it felt like I’d known Stuart all my life. We talked about past relationships and never felt ready to start a family. But with his 40s looming – he was due to turn 39 the day after
