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REALITY CHECK

Tracy Holden, 46, Blackburn

Admiring my tan lines in the mirror, I grinned proudly.

It was June 2016, and I was on holiday in Gran Canaria with my husband Phil, now 45, and our kids Reece, 14, and Annabelle, seven.

‘You’ve done well,’ Phil winked, admiring my newly bronzed skin.

After a day spent in the sun, we were all starving.

‘I’ll just get ready for dinner then,’ I said to Phil,

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