Shock news: I'm about to become a single working mother
Also, our dog died, my spider phobia is cured and I've got a few good last-minute Christmas gift ideas
Dear Jasper,
Very unexpectedly, I’m about to become a single working mother. Sort of. For half the year anyway. No, Julius and I aren’t splitting up - in fact, we’re getting married next week. This is confusing isn’t it?
Julius has a new job, flying helicopters on an ultra-luxury cruise ship, all around the world; from Antarctica to Australia and a lot of places in between. Something of a dream job. The catch is that the rota is six weeks on, six weeks off. Six weeks is an awfully long time to leave your family, especially when you have a toddler.
My intital position was something like this: “No fucking way are you fucking off around the world and leaving me alone with a fucking baby and a job, you absolute fuckwit.”
But…
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