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Artemisia Wilde's avatar

Happy birthday, Phoebe! I forgot just how close her birthday is to my youngest - he’ll be 10 in just under two weeks. I love her name, btw; who gets the credit for naming her?

My mum, in her efforts for older siblings not to be jealous of the new arrivals, bought ‘big brother’ presents. Which would be fine if she hadn’t gone so far, in the instance of a book, as to write a dated dedication to one of the brothers inside it ... Evidently it didn’t occur to her that, in years to come, the youngest one wouldn’t be terribly happy to discover that other people were being given presents on his birthday …

It feels like a really big deal that he’ll be breaking into double digits. It must be very emotional for you that Phoebe is now the age she will be on her first day of Big School. Where did the years go? Who stole them?! Whoever it was better give them back because it is unacceptable for them to be gone for good …

Hoops13's avatar

Aww happy birthday Phoebe.

The circle of life: your ball made the sexcrement that made your offspring, giving life, but your ball tried to kill you, so you had to kill him first.

But then he somehow survived outside of you, became a celebrity, wrote a book, and got signed up to a new Spotify podcast called The Right Bollock Experience.

Incredible story really.

Weronika's avatar

Father's day?? That wouldn't be allowed! What next, a men's day??