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TUESDAY, 10 APRIL 1990
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
- Tomorrow is a fresh start. Your problems have the new address. They've already moved…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
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- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- You put "entrepreneur" in your bio. You've sold one pair of trainers on Vinted…
- You're "so random". You've told the same "so random" story at every party since…
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