The moment I knew: My late fiance’s favourite song was playing – and Billy said ‘Jamie’s here, isn’t that nice?’
After the death of his partner, Anthony Nocera had almost given up on love. Then Billy walked through the door
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In 2024, about 18 months after my fiance Jamie passed away, I decided I was lonely and horny and so put myself out there on the apps. I’d placed Jamie’s ashes on the TV cabinet in the living room, so he was smack bang in the middle of his two favourite places: his spot on the couch and his coffee machine. It also meant he was in the centre of the house, which made dating hard.
I had a guy over for a hook-up one night and he kept fixating on the urn. “So … He’s dead?”
