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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Melanie Tait

Is there a single woman in the world over 40 who is not gaslit about her love life?

A middle aged woman sitting on a couch, lost in her thoughts
‘I know myself. I know my own heart. I know what I like and don’t like. I know when someone will enhance my life and when they won’t’ Photograph: fizkes/Shutterstock

When you’ve been a single woman who mostly dates men for any significant amount of time, the people who love you are going to have multiple theories as to why you’re still residing on that imaginary shelf, waiting to be picked.

“You want it too much, and it’s off-putting.”

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