I keep dating the same type of person. Should I break my own habits?

‘It was pointed out to me a while ago, and now I cannot see it: all the men I’ve ever dated have looked in some way unwell.’ Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian

I often get told – by long-time friends, dismayed lovers and my gently insistent therapist – that I have “a type”. I would protest, but 10 years of data doesn’t lie.

There’s a lot of fellow journalists, or other creative sorts; most dark-haired, with boyish features and – preferably – a big nose.