The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

lapyear

n. the age at which you become older than your parents were when you were born, which signals that your leg of the relay race has already begun, having coasted in their slipstream as they tackled the mountain stages of life, leaving you strong, energetic and deeply mortified by their loud yellow jerseys.

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    Mum was 39. I’ve been telling them I’m a genetic dead end since...was about 7, anyway.
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    I passed this eight years ago.
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    only have 5 years.
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    That gives me another 13 years or so to get my shit together.
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    but younger than my father was.
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