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But I've rung a couple of newspaper ads for fun. I found it very nerve-wracking because you have to speak to a voice message. I felt put on the spot and there's no photograph to get an idea of who you're speaking to.
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Luke and I had to e-mail each other about the divorce - horrible, cold e-mails. Each one set me back and I wished I didn't have to have any contact with him.
Still, I was determined to keep enjoying myself and in June I even went to a speed dating event organised by a friend. I devised fun questions like 'Football or rugby? There was one lovely man there, but all my single friends thought he was gorgeous too, so I didn't have a chance.
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All the rest seemed to be City boys showing off how much money they made, not my type at all. It was fun, but nothing came of it. In July I was set up on a blind date by a friend who said this man was just my cup of tea. But he was incredibly tall and skinny, with legs like pipe cleaners and seemed very pleased with himself.
He'd been described as very attractive, but, oh dear me, no. I sat at the table trying not to laugh and we chatted about work and holidays. He seemed to find me very attractive so I started hunting for excuses to leave. I hated to hurt his feelings, but life really is too short. Lots of my single friends are now trying internet dating, but it seems so clinical, sad and a bit desperate, and I've heard horror stories of men who lie about themselves.
Thankfully, I didn't need to try it. I met a lovely man at a party - a Brazilian, in his 20s and a student travelling the world. He thought I was in my 20s too and I wasn't about to correct him. We chatted for ages and swopped numbers. By the end of the evening we were kissing.
A few days later we met up for a meal, and went back to my flat where we ended up in bed. I had been terrified of sex with another man but friends all said I would be surprised how easy it was. It didn't feel strange, just lovely to be held by such an attractive man. I woke up next morning with a big smile on my face. For a few weeks, I felt 18 again. My lover was returning to Brazil but I didn't mind, I always knew it would be just a fling and, besides, I had met another young man called Harry, also in his mids.
I seemed to be attracting much younger men. They love dating older women because they are more experienced and don't cling. I made it clear I was not ready for a heavy relationship. I think, too, there may be a subconscious reason why I was attracted to young men. They have lots of energy, love travelling, and are far less likely to make demands. I wanted to be in control of my relationships because I never wanted to be so hurt again. I will never marry again, that's for sure. Harry and I saw each other for a few weeks, but we both knew it was a casual thing. But it was just what I needed.
I'd stopped crying at night and felt as if Luke belonged to a previous life. I finally feel I can wish him well.
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It is amazing what a couple of flings can do for your self-esteem. But I have set myself a target - I want to be settled in a long-term relationship by this summer. I know you can't plan everything, but I would like to be with someone who really means something to me. But only ten months later Ivan's personality changed almost overnight. He was no longer my funloving, kind husband, but distant and cold. When he started arriving home later from work I suspected an affair but he always denied it.
He insisted he loved me. But by the summer he was still brittle and uncommunicative and I was so unhappy I filed for divorce, which came through a year ago. I still don't think there was anyone else. Ivan moved out - the most painful thing I've ever had to go through.
Although family and friends were amazing, I was devastated. But I was determined to be positive about the future. That's why, when arrived, my new year's resolution was to set about finding true love. In February I met software businessman Nick, a year- old divorcee with blond hair and green eyes, at a conference in Ireland. We chatted at the evening dinner and flirted outrageously. After the divorce I lost a lot of confidence, so to have a gorgeous man find me sexually attractive felt great. We couldn't fight the chemistry and against all my normal principles I had four days of amazing sex with him.
Nick lived overseas and I didn't want a long-distance relationship, but our fling ensured I flew back to London with my confidence restored.
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Soon I received an e-mail from the man who was to be my first official date as a divorcee. Paul was a foppish, year-old nurse with no baggage. For three weeks we exchanged e-mails, talking about work, interests and holidays. He loved interior design and as I was in the midst of refurbishing my home it gave us common ground. Over drinks in a pub in Ealing, West London, Paul initially seemed nice until he started asking odd questions. Do you ever paint your toenails? I decided to cut the date short and politely told him we had nothing in common.
The following month I arranged a date with Richard, 44, a handsome, fair-haired, blue-eyed translator who'd recently come out of a seven-year relationship.
We e-mailed, talked on the phone then met for dinner in Covent Garden, but sadly there wasn't a physical spark between us. When he suggested a second date I gently told him I wasn't interested.