LIFE BEGINS AT 40!

‘I WAS PRETTY NERVOUS ON MY FIRST FEW DATES’

‘I started having dates with women’

Paula Stewart, 40, lives in Liverpool and runs her own animal talent agency. Standing in front of the bedroom mirror, I smiled to myself, excited about going on a date with Laura*, a woman I’d met online. In March 2020, I’d come out of a stale nine-year relationship, lost 1st 7lb, ditched a job where I was undervalued, and started dating women for the first time in my life. And I’d never been happier.

A DIFFERENT DIRECTION

I met my ex, Tim*, 45, in 2010. Like me, he didn’t want kids, and we hit it off, moving in together in 2012. Things were great for a bit but, by 2017, cracks started to show.

Knackered from 14-hour days as an animal talent scout for TV, I was too busy to exercise or cook anything healthy. We