Fiona, 53, can vividly remember the moment when she felt her first marriage was over.
‘We were out for dinner with friends, David was drinking, red in the face and braying with laughter at his own, well-worn jokes. I just thought, “I’m mortified to be here with you”.’
She was 32, a teacher in Surrey, and had been married to David, then 34, for two years and together for four. They’d just bought their first house.
‘I was embarrassed to admit my marriage was in trouble because on paper there was nothing wrong. Nothing had changed, except my feelings,’ she recalls.
‘I could barely
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