Divorce, once rare and stigmatised, has become mainstream – 42 per cent of marriages now end this way, meaning nearly half of us can expect to experience it in our lifetime.

Just as every marriage is different, so is every divorce. In a new column, divorcees reflect on this life-changing experience. Helped by the benefit of hindsight, they’ll share advice and reflections. Here, a 44-year-old writer tells how being single and ready to mingle after 20 years wasn’t all it was cracked up to be.

I’ve just re-downloaded Hinge for the second time in two weeks. Anyone who’s used dating apps will recognise being in the grip of this inevitable and repetitive cycle: the defiant delete followed by a week or two of slow and creeping loneliness, topped off by the humiliating crawl back to the app (I w

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