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SUNDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 1961
"It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years.
You're the phase they'll describe to a therapist.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- Age is just a number. So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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