Pick Me Up!

ONE TO WATCH

I flung my phone down on the sofa with a huff.

‘I’ve had enough,’ I said to my son Keeton, 24.

It was August 2015, and I’d been on Plenty of Fish for a few months after a colleague had raved about it.

For the past 24 years, I’d dated on and off, but there was never anything serious.

As a single mum to three kids – Leah, now 34, Wade, 32, and Keeton – there was no time.

Now, though, with the kids all grown up and only Keeton living at home, I agreed to try the dating app.

What harm could it do? I thought to myself.

But I’d had no luck – since signing up, I hadn’t spoken to anyone nice, let alone someone I’d want to meet in person and share my life with.

‘Give it one more day, Mum,’ Keeton urged, desperate for

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Pick Me Up

Pick Me Up3 min read
Your Pick Me Ups
We love the sound of Robert Dyas’ Plant & Pause campaign – focusing on the benefits of gardening and spending time in nature to promote good mental health and wellbeing. Teaming up with gardening-for-health charity Thrive, the campaign is running now
Pick Me Up4 min read
Stars
Venus in Gemini helps you realise that if you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with a bit of rain. You have strong supporters around you now, Aries. In fact, arrangements made with others this week gives you the confidence to plan for the futur
Pick Me Up1 min read
This Week’s Puzzle Answers!
Bitesize! pg 3 Herb Strike it! pg 13 Fantastic (Cross out: 2, 16, 27, 33, 42, 57, 69, 70, 87) Cross it! pg 36 Sunshine Fill it! pg 13 Reggae Movie links! pg 24 (Sandra Bullock – THE PROPOSAL – Ryan Reynolds – RED NOTICE – Dwayne Johnson – JUMANJI – K

Related Books & Audiobooks