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Portraits of a MARRIAGE

‘I’ve always felt safest with Steven’

Madeleine Black, 58, author, professional speaker, podcaster and psychotherapist, lives in Glasgow with her husband Steven, 61. They have three daughters, Anna, 30, Mimi, 27, and Leila, 22.

We’ve been together for 40 years and support each other on our journey. We laugh a lot, have fun together, enjoy similar hobbies and have similar values regarding family and life. We also have our own interests and don’t often argue, although when we do it shifts something between us and brings us closer together.

I was 17 when we met abroad. It was at a time when I had a very low opinion

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