Rosie Wilby, "The Queen of Breakups," on lesbian divorce statistics, monogamy, and why breakups aren't failures.

Statistically speaking, lesbians go through more breakups in a lifetime than anyone else. Female couples account for 75% of same-sex divorces in the UK and are 250% more likely to divorce than heterosexual couples in Australia. So who better to unpack heartbreak with than comedian, author and broadcaster Rosie Wilby — dubbed The Queen of Breakups by BBC Radio 4?

We talk about her book The Breakup Monologues, why queer relationships get built on completely different rules to straight ones, monogamy versus non-monogamy, why so many exes stay friends in queer communities, and why growing apart from a partner should never be seen as failure.

Rosie isn't afraid to ask the tough questions about how we approach love — and this conversation will change how you think about your own breakups.

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author, speaker and broadcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman’s Hour, Saturday Live and Four Thought, TV programmes including Good Morning Britain and Sunday Morning Live and at major festivals around the world. Her latest book The Breakup Monologues combines humour, heartache and science to investigate how on earth to actively stay in a happy, healthy, compassionate relationship in the modern age of ghosting, breadcrumbing and Tinder. It has been described by Red Magazine as a ‘gem of a book’ and is inspired by Rosie’s podcast of the same name.

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