How it all began

I would describe myself as a confident happy person, loved being around people talking to them (hence my job as a receptionist) when I was 23 i met a guy couple of years younger than me we got it together bought a house and it all went badly wrong, he was very controlling treat me badly I was in financial difficulty and I alienated my family eventually i moved out and got my own flat.

I held down 2 jobs, one in an office and one in a wine shop both of which I loved, i was nearing 30yrs old and thought I would never meet anyone or settle down (had some brief encounters whilst being single