Date with danger

Mandy Marshall, 54, Sheffield

Logging into a dating website, I sighed.

Here I was, looking for love all over again.

It was December 2016, I’d set up my profile around a year before.

I’d been on a few dates, had even had a short relationship.

Now, newly single, I was pleased to see a new message in my inbox.

Shaun, then 46, had a cheeky grin.

Hiya, you alright? he’d messaged me.

Soon we were messaging, banter flying back and forth to each other.

Let’s meet up, he typed after a few weeks.

We met up for a few drinks in a cosy pub.