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THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 1999
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
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You said "it's giving" about your own life. It's giving overdraft. It's giving rent…
- You got a houseplant to "take care of something". It died. Even the plant…
- You have a "5-year plan". It's a Pinterest board. It's mostly kitchens.
- Your back now goes out when you sneeze. It goes out more than you…
- You "romanticise studying". You've filmed it, lit it and soundtracked it. You haven't studied.
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. You took it…
- A good night out now means home by ten. Nobody had to come and…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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