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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Holding on to my sanity.
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If you think that you have one, then you’re a bit of a prat, aren’t you?
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Nothing is the same as the sense of pride and achievement I feel when I see my kids growing up and enjoying the simple pleasures in life.
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Staying sane in a career path that tries endlessly to unnerve you.
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The male Whitney Houston.
I’m trying to figure out how to receive unconditional love. That’s hard to do when you’ve never really had it, so I’m trying to navigate that.
The rejection that I have received from my own people.
A home. I just bought one on Long Island. My first piece of property.
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