Most of your evenings were spent in the living room with your duvet, a movie, and some snacks, plus a cup of tea. The curtains shut, feeling all snug. All the stress from your day melted away. It was the best part of your day.

Meanwhile your little girl slept in her bed, the baby monitor beside you at all times. It was so hard to believe she was already two and sleeping so well in her own big girl bed. You were still a little paranoid about anything. Hence the monitor.

Being a single mother was undeniably difficult but you made things work, made life good. You and your daughter both had a lovely safe home and plenty of fun days out together.

But you undeniably missed the connection of another human being. Aurora was two now, it’d been over two years since you’d even romantically hugged a man, let alone done anything else.

Your daughter’s father and you split before she was born. But he stayed around to help during the first few months. But as time passed you didn’t really need him to help, and honestly he worked a lot. So other than the occasional weekend visit or day out it was just you and Aurora.

And tonight you were once again on your sofa. Desperate housewives playing, a big bag of popcorn and your duvet. But you were distracted. Scrolling through a dating app …