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MONDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 1967
Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner.
You'll eat standing up for eighteen years. Then sit down and forget how.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
- Rise and grind. Your teeth have been grinding all night. Your dentist bought a…
- 2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees…
- You've rewritten that text nine times to sound like you didn't care. It's been…
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
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