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Living life according to a soap opera

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jennymanara · 28/09/2019 11:32

If you were going to live your life according to how people live in soap operas, what would you do differently?

If I had a small problem I would never talk to DP about it e.g. small debt. Instead I would try and hide the problem and end up in a far bigger mess.

If the kids annoyed me I would send them to their bedroom. I would next see them 9 months later when they would have grown and become less annoying.

If I wanted anyone to babysit I would go to the cafe or pub and easily find someone to babysit on the spot, for the rest of the day.

If I was unemployed, I would spend the day wandering around the shops and pub right outside my house, and by the end of the day I would have a job.

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Shockers · 06/10/2019 23:02

I wouldn’t notice if my children’s appearance completely changed.

Aridane · 07/10/2019 14:04

I would never go shopping for routine household items like bathroom cleaner or soap but on.y for food or wine at the local corner shop

Hirsutefirs · 08/10/2019 19:43

Phone calls end with a thousand-yard stare.

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CoolCarrie · 09/10/2019 15:11

In soap land the children would seen and not heard, except if they need to have a leg off, or a transplant or going to jail.

ISawyouinTescoyesterday · 09/10/2019 15:14

I often describe myself as a bit of Stacey slater because of how I loose it sometimes. But if my life was a soap, I would Wack someone instead of calling someone a dickhead and walking off.

Aridane · 09/10/2019 16:24

I would have affairs/ flings / relationships with multiple people in the same family

Youmakemewannashout · 13/10/2019 14:49

I would tell my most personal deepest, darkest secrets to someone I had only known for a few hours and they would promise to help me solve my problems with all their hearts and would always be there for me.

Aridane · 13/10/2019 15:20

I would continue to look stunningly beautiful and healthy during painful and / or terminal illnesses

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