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SATURDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 1988
Wildflowering means letting the relationship grow naturally, with no timeline.
It has the growth rate of a fern in a windowless bathroom, and about the same future.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Mistakes were made. Nobody made them. They just happened, like weather.
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- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You'll never get on the property ladder. The only plot you'll ever own is…
- The customer is always right. The customer is also on hold, forever, which is…
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