Don't Be Defeatist, Dear, It's Very Middle

It's True I Don't Tolerate Fools But Then They Don't Tolerate Me, So I Am Spiky. Maybe That's Why I'm Quite Good At Playing Spiky Elderly Ladies.

There Are Responsibilities Which Are Parental Responsibilities And Those Are The Types Of Things We Prepare The Next Generation For, But No One Tells You How To Answer The Kids' Questions In The Backseat Of The Car When They Want To Know What The World Is For Or Where They Came From Or Why Any Of This Is Happening.

I Feel Now Like A Hinge Between Generations, Which Is Strange. It Just Happened Recently. I Think It's Because My Daughter Is So Much Like Me At Her Age. I Feel Like I'm Reliving My Own Mother's Experience Of Raising Me.

There Were Male Colleges, And There Were Very Few Female Colleges.

I Said 'it Can't Go On' And He Said 'no, It Can't.' Honestly, I Don't Think I Could Have Mattered Less To Him By Then. But By Then, Nothing Mattered To Him.