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“We all evolve differently in a relationship, but it's important to keep talking about what you need and what you want, and to have shared goals.”
“I've had enough drama in my life, I don't need any more.”
“I know from having friends who struggled with infertility that one of the hardest things is seeing everyone else around you getting pregnant and having babies, while nothing is happening for you.”
“Things got a bit toxic towards the end of our marriage, but we never really rowed and Ray was a huge support when I took time out.”
“Look, I think honesty at the start of a relationship is a very good thing because communication is so important through good times and bad.”
“One of my sons and his cousin went through a phase of fighting when they were little, which was stressful for all concerned. But me and my sister Maureen sat down one night and agreed we wouldn't fall out over the situation - incidentally, they're so close now, they're like brothers.”
“I know it's annoying when you've invested time in someone and that's why it's so important to be honest online or you end up wasting everyone's time.”
“I think couples who've been together a long time become co-dependent, even if the relationship is toxic.”
“When you've gone through something as horrendous as being regularly attacked and hurt, of course you'll flinch because it's what you've been used to.”
“Some men are just very good at cheating and lying.”
“Deals can be renegotiated.”
“As a mum, it's really hard when someone else tells off your kids because it also feels like you're being told off - and judged as a parent.”
“I could never be 'high and mighty' because my mother would jump up from her grave and batter me.”
“No matter what had gone on between me and my exes, I really didn't let it affect me and the kids.”
“Relationships aren't cut and dried, they're ever changing and it's about navigating that journey together.”
“You can be an old soul at 30 and find people of your own age tiresome or a young 50 year old who's still keen to party and is better suited to someone younger.”
“I think your attitude to life has a lot to do with the success of an age-gap relationship.”
“Worrying is just part of being a parent.”
“I really look at teeth on people and all of that and I think as well, when you're in our industry as well, and everyone's having them done and every time I watch things back on telly I think, 'Oh, I need those teeth done!'”
“Whatever age your child is, when parents split up it is going to be hard. But when your child is actively encouraging the split, you know they are going to be fine with it.”