My wife, Grace.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Gloria Steinem.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2020 source ↗
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My husband, Paul, who is an enabler of the exuberance of his wife and five kids.
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