I just… my kid’s gone, like, to another country for uni and I’m 52 and I thought I’d be… I don’t even know what I thought, just not… this. I sell stuff online, handmade jewellery, it’s not even a proper job, no benefits, nothing and now they’re gone and I just feel SO dumb, like, what was the point of me all this time, you know?
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