I was left alone 4 years ago for the first time in my whole life. I’d gone from home sharing a bedroom with my younger sister to a flat sharing a bedroom with a girlfriend to marriage and sharing a bed with my husband. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. I thought I’d hate it but I lapped it up. I loved the freedom to go to bed when I wanted, stay up all night if I wanted, eat what I felt like. It was liberating!