Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too.

I've never felt so bereft and panicky. What do I do without my phone? How do I function? My hand keeps automatically reaching for my phone in its usual place in my pocket. Every instinct in me wants to text someone, 'OMG, I've lost my phone! ' but how can do that without a bloody phone?

I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.

You can't just switch off your feelings because the other person did.

Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books have been described as froth but there's scope to be witty and ironic about everything in life.

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

But you can't stay with people because of guilt. Or because they can drive a speedboat.