My mum was only 17 when she had my brother, and 19 when she had me. She was learning the ropes as she went along, and had a heroin addict boyfriend, which wasn’t easy.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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My older sister, Jeanne. We fought when we were kids, but she is so entirely capable.
Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.
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I pulled a chair away from a girl who was just about to sit down on our second day of primary school. She farted when she hit the floor and everyone laughed.
One of the Ghostbusters.
Yesterday: my daughter accidentally hit me in the balls.
Realising I was never going to achieve the grades to become a vet.
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