Nobody warns you about this. You’ve got your children through nappies, education, relationships, the search for employment, and they have at last moved out. You don’t get woken in the middle of the night by calls asking for an emergency lift, you don’t find yourself tripping over enormous boat-like shoes in the hallway, and your home is no longer the venue for illicit parties that upset your neighbours. You and your husband are on a second honeymoon, able to enjoy privacy, travel, conversation and each other after more than 20 years of interruptions and crises. At long last, you have
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