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SUNDAY, 1 MAY 1960
Every relationship has a honeymoon period.
Yours was the walk from the bar to the taxi rank. She got in alone.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your bio says "foodie, traveller, dreamer". You've been abroad once, and you still talk…
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- When life gives you lemons, it sends the invoice later. With interest.
- You're ageing like a fine wine. Expensive, slightly sour, best kept in the dark,…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
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