You should close this newsletter down and other lies shame tells me.

I was recently interviewed for an article about the women who have put themselves out there and talked about something people don’t usually open up about. I was featured in the piece because I have chosen to talk about being single. It’s quite telling that my story was told alongside women who have opened up publicly about domestic abuse, suicide and alcoholism. The idea is almost laughable and yet quite often I do feel like I have confessed a secret. A secret that maybe I should have kept to myself.

I recently bumped into an ex-boyfriend and after catching up on each other’s lives, I mentioned The Single Supplement. He replied with a laugh saying he had seen it. His tone was dismissive and mocking. I responded by being defensive and telling him how successful it has been. “Oh,” he said before we got interrupted by someone else. The short exchange really bothered me even though I know it shouldn’t. I almost wish I hadn’t shut him down and had actually asked him why he was smirking.

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