I bought a house with someone and realised at the housewarming party that it was a mistake.
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Originally asked
Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017
The exact question was part of every retrieved Vox 9 Questions installment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
This morning I decided I am not going to take a job that I’ve been offered.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗
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View all 28 →When I decided that Mavis Staples was right – I don’t need to despise myself.
July 2018, when I married my third husband, Roger, after two years of proclaiming that marriage at 76 was stupid.
Retirement – I thought it was a bad idea.
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View profile →Being alone and other people getting busier with families and life.
Realising what adulthood is after waiting so long to get here.
Making my mum proud.
Gulliver’s Travels at Adelaide Fringe.
Being giving to the detriment of myself.
Very silly boy.
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