Err, yeah. Well today was our anniversary. I say was as it seems Kel losing her engagement ring was something of an inauspicious omen and as of last night, I would appear to be single.

Well yes, quite. Arse.

To pre-empt any awkward questions or speculation, no there’s nothing remotely sinister or nasty about any of this at all. It’s simply the case that Kelly hasn’t been happy for some time. It’s one of those indeterminate things. It’s a cliché I know but to quote – ‘she loves me more like a friend than anything else’. Clearly that’s not a recipe for a lifetime commitment and hence this seems the logical conclusion.

Obviously I’m gutted as I still love her and Callum to bits, but aside from the expected amount of initial awkwardness it’s all as amicable as could be expected and so I very much hope we’ll remain the best of friends. I’m certainly not holding any kind of animosity towards her as I understand a lot about what’s brought us to this place and to be honest I probably wouldn’t put up with me either!

Kelly’s not said anything to Callum yet. Obviously we’re expecting he’ll take it pretty hard and I’m gutted about that as the poor lad’s had enough to deal with recently with his dad being a bloody muppet to say the least. Hopefully in some small way I’ve helped to make up for that, though it’s not always been easy. It’s got to be said, until I met Kel I’d never seen myself as a father. I certainly never had any plans to have kids of my own but since I’ve been with Kel, myself and Callum have grown really close and it’s fair to say I’ve grown to love him as if he were my own son. If there were some magic wand to fix the biological bit I’d happily wave that in a heartbeat. Suffice to say, I’m going to miss the wee man as he’s a fucking star

So, anyway, do please excuse me if I’m off the radar for a bit. This is all a bit raw at the moment and there are some fairly far-reaching implications to be considered so I really need to take some time to get my head around it all.

So, err yeah. Happy anniversary babe.

p.s. There was some slightly more interesting actual news stuff I was going to write about tonight but I’ll leave that for another post in the not too distant eh.