Don’t mind me, I’m just a woman in her 40s, newly single trying my best to navigate dating, casual sex and relationships. This stuff is scary and new and there’s no instruction manual for it. This is my journey.

I’m going to remain semi-anonymous. Where relevant, I’ll change names to protect others’ privacy. But I want to be as honest as I can about all my experiences. That might includes the highs of getting it right but it will include plenty of the getting it all wrong lows. I’ll hope you’ll stick with me whichever it is. It’s probably somewhere in the middle.