Mary Shelley was single her whole life.
 On 26 June 1814, Shelley and Godwin declared their love for one another as Shelley announced he could not hide his "ardent passion", leading her in a "sublime and rapturous moment" to say she felt the same way; on either that day or the next, Godwin lost her virginity to Shelley, which tradition claims happened in the churchyard
 Mary Shelley enjoyed the stimulating society of William Godwin's circle, but poverty prevented her from socialising as she wished

