what I’ve learnt
When people first heard the news, they would ask one of two questions: how long were you together, and why did it end? The first answer was easy – 22 years. But the second was much, much harder. Because honest answers about long relationships can take a while.
We met at work, in the late 1990s. A basement office with hardly any light, and just two weeks to get to know each other before he moved away to start a new job. I had never dreamt of white weddings and finger food before, but I knew – as crazy as it may sound – that, one day, we would get married. And we did. Now