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Who had I wed?

TRUE-LIFE

G rabbing a glass, I flicked the beer tap down and poured a pint.

It was 2017 and my first shift in a new job at a pub.

As the bar filled with customers, a bloke pulled up a stool.

‘I’m Kevin,’ he smiled.

A pub regular, he soon had me roaring at his jokes and as my shift ended, he asked for my number.

At 30, he was almost a decade older, and cute rather than handsome.

Not my usual type.

But I’d recently escaped a miserable relationship and Kevin was a breath of fresh air.

We started dating and, after three months, moved in together.

Fast, but it felt right.

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