In the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring they’ve a great line that says “I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be”. And I feel I am, so that’s great.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.
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Having someone to love.
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