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SUNDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2014
Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front.
Hers was "I have a hard stop at 8:15". Yours was hoping she'd forget. She set an alarm.
— Zack, unqualified
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- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
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- Opposites attract. Then they argue about the thermostat for forty years. Whoever outlives the…
- You're "taking a social media break". You announced it on social media. Twice. With…
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
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