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SATURDAY, 26 DECEMBER 1981
Sleep when the baby sleeps.
Also pay the mortgage when the baby pays the mortgage.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- You say "it's not that deep" a lot. Your Notes app has 300 entries…
- Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years. He has, however, given…
- Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
- Every Monday you swear this week will be different. You've sworn it nine hundred…
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
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