JUST LEAVE

Walking into my local coffee shop, my stomach panged with pain. Just focus on the date, I thought.

I’d been messaging Scott, 48, on Facebook and we decided to meet in person in early 2011.

At school, I was mates with his brother, so we already knew each other but not properly.

Now in our 30s, it had been years since then.

On the app, I would see him popping on and offline regularly.

So, I plucked up the courage and made the first move.

Are you online or offline? I messaged him.

That was it – we decided to meet up and see if the romantic spark was there in person.

Immediately, we hit it off, and started dating.

It wasn’t long before he told me he suffered from colitis and has a colostomy bag, so he