Parents with child-free friends on how kids 'detonated' their relationships

20 Dec 2023

Bashiera Parker

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Old friends are a tether, not to the life you once had, but the person you are, currently, in this moment.

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"So what are you guys up to tonight?" was a question posed to me by my friend at a mutual's house recently where we were celebrating their daughter turning four.

It was only 17:00, but you must understand, it'd been many hours for me; many, many tantrums and meltdowns – I'd already lived full days in that one day, if that makes any sense at all.

"No plans tonight," I said.

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