On the eve of my 40th birthday, I was doused with cold water at a train station. Before, I would have shrugged it off. But suddenly I realised it was time to assert myself It was the evening before my 40th birthday – a freezing cold night in March – and I was travelling across London to meet so...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/oct/28/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-was-always-a-pushover-until-i-stood-up-to-some-teenagers)