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Jane Nixon, 36, met her partner Jack seven years ago 'via a friend who, bizarrely, thought he'd be perfect for me.' They got married after two years together, conceived their twin boys (Finlay and Travis, now four) on honeymoon and have a one-year-old daughter, Lily. They live in rural North Yorkshire where Jane is a full-time mother.
Monday 12th Feb
It's the week when couples come over ridiculously romantic, so I hope Jack will be busying himself this lunchtime, choosing sentimental treats. It shouldn't matter that we have been together for ten thousand years or that Jack has seen me all red and bellowing during childbirth. But it does matter, of course. Pre- living together, Jack would burble on my answerphone, 'I mish you, baby doll,' punctuated by swigs from a beer glass. Now, when he leaves a message, it's: 'Remember to put the bin out.'
Worryingly, too, we have our most dramatic rows when forced into a romantic setting. It's as if, whisked away from everyday chaos, bottled-up resentments tumble out. I only need to glimpse a rose in a little vase to get all choked about the breakfast in bed he promised me back in December, and failed to deliver. It never happens over cheese on toast at home. Still, my spirits rise when Jack says I shouldn't plan anything for Wednesday night. I ask whether I should get my turquoise lace Karen Millen dress dry-cleaned. He stares at me, blankly.
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