"Your kids have left and gone on to lives of their own..." a dog yelps while his owner runs away.
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dog, dogs, canine, canines, man's best friend, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, talking dog, talking dogs, talking pet, talking pets, talking animal, talking animals, animal, animals, dog owner, dog owners, mid life crisis, rough patch, tough times, hard times, despair, depressed, depression, anxiety, rubbing it in, rub some dirt in it, rub it in, make it worse, giving up, failed marriage, failed marriages, divorce, divorced, lonely"Well, we gave up on those chopsticks pretty quickly didn't we?"
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untensil, utensils, cutlery, fork, forks, chopstick, chopsticks, chinese food, japanese food, asian food, thai food, vietnamese food, eastern culture, customs, tradition, assimilate, assimilation, assimilating, when in rome, telephone, telephones, giving up, trends, trendy, culture clash, hand coordination, xenophobia"I've decided to cut and run."
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, unhealthy relationship, unhealthy relationships, unhappy relationship, unhappy relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, divorce, divorces, divorcing, split, splits, splitting, separation, separations, separating, breakup, breakups, breaking up, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, military, iraq war, catch-phrase, catch-phrases, catchphrase, catchphrases, cut and run, cut-and-run, leaving, giving up, hurry off, word play, word play, republican party, american politics, american government, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, pejorative, pejoratives"Young people frequently feel elated, son. This is perfectly healthy as long as they keep in mind that there isn't any valid reason for it."
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parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, bad parent, bad parenting, bad parents, advice, giving advice, young person, sage advice, disenchantment, disenchanted, disillusioned, disillusionment, give up, given up, giving up, elated, elation, pessimism, pessimist, pessimists, pessimistic, depression"Half Empty. Half Empty. Half Empty-"
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pessimist, pessimism, pessimists, pessimistic, half full, half, full, half empty, empty, desert, deserts, lost, wilderness, wasteland, desert, deserts, cactus, neet, quit, quits, quitter, quitting, give up, giving, up, giving up, determined, determination, mirage, ignorant, ignorance, ignored, ignoring, perfectionists, perfectionist"I'm having a pajama day."
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pajama day, pajama days, pyjama day, pyjama days, lazy day, lazy days, lazy, laziness, layabout, layabouts, excuse, excuses, jealous, jealousy, ight dress, night dresses, give up, giving up, couple, couples, husband and wife, husbands and wives, marriages, long term relationship, long term relationship, long-term relationships"You can wrap it up in a pretty package, but it's still life."
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life, depressed, depressing, depressive, depressives, pointlessness, existential crisis, ageing, getting old, getting older, mid life crisis, mid-life crisis, negative, negativity, pessimist, pessimists, pessimistic, disappointment, disappointments, hopelessness, give up, giving up, modern life, modern attitudes, miserable, relatable"Come back—I can change!"
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, unhappy relationship, unhappy relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, boyfriend, boyfriends, partner, partners, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts, divorce, divorces, divorcing, split, splits, splitting, separation, separations, separating, breakup, breakups, breaking up, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, leaving, giving up, rock, rocks, boulder, boulders, stone, stones, change, changes, changing, i can change, come back, return, pleading, begging, convincing, geology, geologist, geologists, science, unchanging, set in stone, rigid, fixed, set in their ways, stubborn, inflexible, obstinate"Your editor wants to know if you have enough flexibility to just give up."
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give up, writer, writers, publisher, publishers, editor, editors, harsh, flexibility, veiled, veiled, fire, firing, give-up, giving up, give-up, giving-up, phone call, phone calls, threat, threatening, flexible, fired, fired, minced words, writing, telephone, telephones, book, books, journalist, journalism, novel, novels"Tomorrow night let's switch back to gin."
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pub, bar, drinking, drinker, drinkers, banana, bananas, gin, social drinking, health fad, health fads, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, fitness, bad habit, bad habits, quitter, quitting, quitters, give up, give-up, giving up"Screw it. I'm endangered anyways."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, whale, whales, underwater, fish, endangered, endangered animal, endangered animals, endangered species, smoking, bad habit, bad habits, smoker, smokers, unhealthy, health, fitness, tobacco, giving up, negative thinking, pessimist, pessimists, pessimism, pessimistic, negativeSign at a crosswalk that reads "Do what you want. I don't care anymore."
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traffic, traffic signal, traffic signals, sign, signs, signal, signals, giving up, don't care, uncaring, whatever, crossing, crossings, crosswalk, crosswalks, jaywalking, jaywalker, jaywalkers, jay-walking, jay-walker, jay-walkers, crossing the street, crossing the road, walk, don't walk, traffic safety, fashion, punk, punks, mohawk, mohawks, wild, youth, youths, piercings, earrings, trend, trends, trendy, traffic laws, traffic rules, modern life"I was going to chuck it all and go to Paris but I didn't have enough frequent-flier miles."
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frequent flier, frequent fliers, frequent flier miles, frequent-flier miles, excuse, excuses, making excuses, bad excuse, bad excuses, failed writer, failed writers, sob story, sob stories, bad writer, bad writers, giving up, give up, show off, show offs, show-off, show-offs, showing off, flirt, flirts, bad date, bad dates, paris"I don't care who's naughty or nice anymore-I only keep track of who's crossed me."
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christmas, christmases, christmas time, winter, winters, naughty and nice, naughty list, the naughty list, present, presents, christmas presents, christmas present, father christmas, santa claus, toy, toys, child, kid, kids, childhood, childhood christmas, childhood christmases, list, lists, cross, crossed, been crossed, revenge, vengeful, get revenge, getting revenge, anger, angry, give up, given up, giving up, apathy, apathetic, lazy, laziness, north pole, the north pole"I've learned to give up when I hear Brooklyn in your voice."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, acting, acting skill, marriage counselling, counselling, counselors, marriage counselors, marriage counselor, give up, giving up, roll over, rolling over, warning, warnings, warning sign, sign, signs"I'm going to ask for a fork. Don't try to stop me."
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restaurant, restaurants, chinese restaurant, chinese restaurants, chinese food, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, utensil, utensils, cutlery, fork, forks, chopstick, chopsticks, giving up, frustrated, difficult, foreign, international, culture, china, chinese, table manners, eating with chopsticks"I'm looking for a position where I can slowly lose sight of what I originally set out to do with my life, with benefits."
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career, career path, careers, career paths, job, job market, interview, interviews, recruit, recruiter, recruiters, recruiting, recruitment, job search, dream job, dream career, dream jobs, dream careers, benefits, employee benefits, employees, employee, employment, recruitment agency, passion, passionate, mundane job, giving up, gave up, give up, settle, settled, career goals, life goals, loss of ambition, ambition, ambitionsThen on the Eighth Day
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god, heaven, creation, creationism, creationist, creationists, the creation, genesis, book of genesis, the book of genesis, old testament, the old testament, christianity, christian, christians, judaism, jew, jews, jewish, theism, theist, theists, religions, writers block, writer's block, creative block, artists block, artist's block, creation myth, in the beginning, give up, giving up, given up, run out of ideas, running out of ideas, rest, resting, relax, relaxing, taking a break