Alice Palmer, 70, Liverpool
Stood outside the pub, it was all I could do not to turn and run.
In April 1997, I was 43, a newly divorced mum of three.
My sisters Tina, then 36, and Fiona, 35, had encouraged me out on a blind date.
'You only live once,' Tina had said.
'Make the most of it,' Fiona chimed in.
They'd shoved me out the door, and I'd made it to the pub to meet this John.
I took a deep breath, walked in and… wow.
John, then 38, was tall, with gorgeous grey eyes.
'You must be
