Why Being Desired Isn’t the Same as Being Valued

Being desired can feel bloody lovely.

Someone notices you across a room. A message arrives that makes you grin at your phone. Perhaps you've spent years being somebody's partner, somebody's mum, somebody's colleague or simply the woman who remembers when the car needs its MOT, and suddenly another person is looking at you with absolutely no interest in your organisational abilities.

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