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She’d always been praised for her maturity, for being an “old soul,” but sometimes Lily was painfully aware of how young and confused and desperate to please she was. She was happy to help, but her brothers were never asked or expected to do the same. The imbalance bothered her.
You’re damn right Lily

2020s MF will truly do anything to keep the FMC from getting pregnant. Bring back 2000s-2010s pregnancy scares every other read pls

“What’s funny about Jaws? It’s not a very accurate movie, and actually it made a lot of people think sharks were bad and mean, when really, they don’t like to eat people, they just have bad eyesight and get confused.”
As a shark girlie myself, Sharkie has my heart (I’ve definitely said this about jaws in the last 6 months)

There’s some really beautiful moments of grief sprinkled throughout the comedic tone that really tug at the heartstrings

This is unlike anything I’ve ever read before

“It’s nice to remember not all souls are complete fuckwits.”
I didn’t know anyone outside of Australia said “fuckwit” 😂 we invented it

Her job paid reasonably well, and she got a week of paid time off each year
Wiiiiiiiiiiild. In Australia, all full timers get (at least) four weeks of paid annual leave (not including personal/sick leave and compassionate leave) which rolls over into the next year