Editing Ian Curtis (section)

===Relationships===
Curtis's widow, Deborah, has claimed that in October 1979, Curtis began conducting an affair with the Belgian [[Annik Honoré]], who had been working at the Belgian embassy in London before becoming a journalist and music promoter.<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news |last=Barton |first=Laura |title=I was just besotted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/11/popandrock.joydivision |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 April 2005 |access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> They had first met at a gig held in [[Brussels]] that month.<ref>Curtis, Deborah (1995). p. 96.</ref><ref name="Uncut">{{cite news |last=Pinnock |first=Tom |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/joy-division-we-didnt-know-ian-curtis-was-approaching-his-breaking-point-70344/3 |title=Joy Division: "We didn't know Ian Curtis was approaching his breaking point." |work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=21 August 2015 |access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref> Curtis was consumed with guilt over this affair due to being married<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/celebrity-deaths-that-changed-music-history-gone-too-soon-w492394/ian-curtis-w492401| title= Celebrity Deaths that Changed Music History: Gone Too Soon| date= 4 August 2017| author= Brittany Spanos| website= rollingstone.com| access-date= 7 November 2017}}</ref> and the father of their baby daughter, but at the same time still yearning to be with Honoré.<ref name="Bernard Sumner">{{cite news |last=Sumner |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Sumner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/joy-divisions-bernard-sumner-remembering-the-dangerous-path-fellow-bandmate-ian-curtis-was-walking-a6741791.html |title=Joy Division's Bernard Sumner Remembering the Dangerous Path Fellow Bandmate Ian Curtis was Walking |work=The Independent |date=20 November 2015 |access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref> On one occasion in 1980, Curtis asked Bernard Sumner to make a decision on his behalf as to whether he should remain with his wife or form a deeper relationship with Honoré; Sumner refused.<ref name="ReferenceA">Curtis, Deborah (1995). ch. 13.</ref> Honoré claimed in a 2010 interview that although she and Curtis had spent extensive periods together, their relationship had been [[Platonic love|platonic]]. Deborah Curtis has maintained that it was a sexual and romantic affair.<ref>{{cite web|author=Joy Division |url=http://joydivision-neworder.blogspot.com/2011/02/ian-curtis-and-annik-honore-dazzling.html |work=Joy Division Bootlegs|title= Ian Curtis and Annik Honoré – the Dazzling History of Joy Division|date=1 February 2011 |access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref> His bandmates recollected later that Curtis's friendship with Honoré led him to distance himself and become somewhat "lofty" with them.<ref name="Uncut"/> This distance prompted occasional pranks at Curtis's and Honoré's expense. He became a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]], likely at Honoré's behest since he was known to have consumed meat when not in her presence.<ref name="Uncut"/>