Fearne Cotton knows her marriage will never be "perfect".
The 35-year-old presenter has penned a touching letter to her 18-month-old daughter Honey, and in it she opened up about her "gorgeous" life with musician spouse Jesse Wood and hailed him as her "soulmate", though she acknowledged that, like every relationship, there are minor flaws.
Fearne – who also has four-year-old son Rex with her husband – wrote in Britain’s Cosmopolitan magazine: "Married life to your dad is gorgeous.
"I have found my soul mate and a very lovely one at that… He is kind, caring, open, honest and very funny… Yes, he leaves his pants on the bathroom floor and the cupboards open after he has made a cup of tea, but hey, that’s marriage.
"No set-up will ever be perfect because life is not supposed to be that way. Speak openly to your partner and always listen. Love them with every inch of your heart, but only if they shower you in the same. Find someone who makes your heart sing and illuminates all your best bits."
And Fearne also advised her daughter to stay away from men who want to change her when she gets older.
She continued: "You should never have to put up with someone who tries to change you.
"I once dated someone who asked me not to have any more tattoos, which, as you can imagine, made me instantly go out and get a massive one inked on my back.
"He wasn’t happy, and I couldn’t understand it because it was my body. Women have come way too far in the world for that sort of submission."
And when Honey does encounter heartbreak, Fearne doesn’t want her to deal with it in the ways she has done in the past.
She wrote: ""Looking back, I have been thrown big lumps of heartache to digest and have processed them in many different ways. Sometimes I have shut myself off from the world and wallowed in sad music and darkened rooms, while on other occasions I have gone out partying to shake away all of the pain.
"I would suggest somewhere in the middle of the two. Don’t fast-track into party mode too soon because you could find yourself alone, drunk and a bit lost, as I have many times over the years."
Fearne Cotton pens touching letter to daughter
