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WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2026
Every relationship has a honeymoon period.
Yours was the walk from the bar to the taxi rank. She got in alone.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- True love is choosing the same person every day. They're choosing, daily, whether to…
- You wanted a mini-me. You got a tiny negotiator who has never once lost…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- The customer is always right. The customer is also on hold, forever, which is…
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
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