In any family where one child is the straight one and another child is the rebel, it is always the straight, well-behaved one who gets away furthest. They may not get away first, but they get away furthest, whereas the rebels always come home to roost. Rebels borrow money. Rebels borrow help. Rebels borrow love. The quietly organised person, meanwhile, with their boring spreadsheets and boring accountability, buys a flat and gets on with their life; childhood completed. It’s the prodigal one, who has fled the coop, who always returns. Asking if they can have a bit more of their childhood,
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