He took most of the responsibility for things breaking down, although he didn’t condone how I dealt with the breakup. I started dating almost straight away after leaving our home and he said he finds that hard to accept but would expect us to start with a clean slate if we were to try again.

I wanted a divorce because I felt completely alone in our marriage at the end. The relationship had grown toxic and he was cold. Now I have doubts about whether I do want a divorce because he has recognised the faults in his past behaviour and I feel like maybe it could go back to how it was before my mum passed away, when we were happy.