Our second chance at love

Kristina Chetcuti and Marielouise Caruana Galea talk openly about their respective second chances at love and the building of their big, blended families.

Publishing editor and columnist Kristina Chetcuti's partner is Opposition leader Simon Busuttil.

Together they share three children: Simon's Greg, 19, and Zak, 16, and Kristina's Pippa, 10 - and a dog called Jipsie.

After your first marriage broke down, did you ever see yourself starting another serious relationship, settling down with someone else – and adopting a whole ready-made family, dog included?

Not at all! In fact, it took seven years for someone rather special to come along and convince me otherwise; and I was lucky because he got the thumbs up from my daughter too.

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