Woman's Own

NEVER TOO OLD TO POLE

Chucking some chips in the oven, I sighed. It was 2011, and I was making dinner for my husband and two sons, Romeo, then nine, and Florio, seven. It was the same dull routine, as usual. Pick the kids up from school, have dinner, tidy up, then get ready for bed. I loved my kids, but ‘mum life’ wasn’t exactly exciting.

‘I DIDN’T EAT HEALTHILY AND RARELY EXERCISED’

Before settling down, I’d lived a glamorous lifestyle, working in the luxury car industry, going on dates to fancy restaurants and driving a swanky sports car. But that had long been replaced by a people carrier. As for romance, my husband and I were stuck in

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