My husband, children and I moved into our house around 13 years ago and it’s half a mile from a beautiful lakes where I go running 5 days a week around the same time.

8 years ago I noticed a man running the same time as me Monday- Friday, we started off with simple acknowledgement like a smile, after a few weeks whenever we passed one another he made jokes about running which made me laugh and a few more weeks after that we started having conversations whilst running together. For months we built up a close friendship he (Tom) told me everything about his life and vise versa.

As the weather got hotter I stopped wearing a hoodie when I ran and just ran in my sports bra/ cropped gym top and didn’t think anything of it until Tom mentioned my boobs, I laughed and said “oh my god yeah you haven’t seen me without a hoodie on” and we both laughed. With that comment it opened up a whole new type of flirty relationship/banter with one another. Tom enjoyed pushing the limits and I enjoyed the compliments and jokes.