Plus the "intellectual" cosplay of seeing obscure films and "talking to novelists", fucking hell. What's next, "she should be wearing glasses and being awkward in company".
Oh gosh, Sal. It is, you're right. It's a strange and conflicting feeling to look back on it from where we are now. But yes, it's all quite bleak enough without guilt and shame.
Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.
This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.
My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.
And then you grow up and discover that the Double Two shirt factory is there too and realise that Wakefield truly is the city with something for everyone.
I once read an explanation of 'the Hungarian Phenomenon' - that is, the supposedly disproportionate number of Hungarian scientific geniuses - that was basically, Hungarian spelling is so straightforward the kids have loads more time to learn maths.
