What it s really like to be single, 40-something and dating during a pandemic
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Stepping back into the world of dating? This is what it s really like.
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Helen Thorn, 42, is one half of the Scummy Mummies comedy duo. She lives in south London with her daughter and son, 12 and nine
‘There was a weird bit where we both had to remove our socks – but it was fun and I felt sexy
Of course, there have been varied depictions of mothers on screen for decades. Some, such as Roseanne or Nora Ephronâs film Heartburn, were even written by mothers themselves. There were the long-suffering, or straight-faced mothers such as Barbara Royle in The Royle Family or Pam Shipman in Gavin & Stacey; eye-rolling mothers such as Karen in Cold Feet or Sue in Outnumbered; the lovelorn single mums of Birds of a Feather; the formidable matriarch Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders; or the animated cottage loaf that was Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May. But lately more complex portrayals of motherhood have emerged, serving as sweetcorn-like nuggets of honesty in the nappy contents of popular culture.
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