When my fiance died, intimacy with a stranger made me feel alive again

On a miserable Wednesday morning in May 2021, my friend Robyn and I boarded a flight at ­ Luton airport bound for Lisbon. Ahead of us were a few days sunbathing by the ocean before spending a weekend in the city.

'I think I want to have some fun on this trip,' I said, turning to Robyn in the ­driver's seat of our hire car, her chestnut hair whipping in the wind. 'And by fun, I mean I want to meet someone.' 'Oh yeah?' she replied, her eyebrows raised.

'Yeah. Why not?' I was ready.

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