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WEDNESDAY, 10 OCTOBER 1979
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
- Good things come to those who wait. You waited so long they went to…
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- "It's just a phase" is a phrase you'll say for eighteen years. You're the…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
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