The question
What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2016 source ↗
The internet. Such potential for good and for levelling up the world, but such a quagmire in reality.
Not being in Black Panther.
Not to have been a rock'n'roll star.
Fine dining when it goes wrong.
If everybody was kind.
Now is pretty damned good.
When I think of my mother. After my father left, she became an alcoholic and wallowed in resentment.
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