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My ex-wife, for the way I behaved towards the end of our marriage.
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View all 212 →To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.
I am mortified that we went into Afghanistan, promised to liberate the female population and, 20 years later, dumped them in a situation as bad, robbing girls of their futures.
My children, because I spent the majority of their youth away from them as I’m the breadwinner and I had to pay the bills.
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A boy called Norman. When I came to England, I didn’t know what kiss-chase was, and Norman kissed me on the lips, so I gave him a black eye.
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Frequently, especially now with what’s happening in the Middle East.
My rational brain doing battle with my emotional brain.
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To still be working.
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